Tierra
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 826 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,941since 1964
Tierra over time
Rank among girls' names. Tierra has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,554 | 22 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,560 | 30 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,718 | 40 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,396 | 46 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,866 | 59 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,964 | 58 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,226 | 50 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,385 | 76 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,597 | 69 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,326 | 80 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,010 | 99 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,041 | 100 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,495 | 156 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,239 | 200 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,133 | 218 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,085 | 219 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,065 | 217 | — | |
| 2003 | #892 | 268 | — | |
| 2002 | #712 | 348 | — | |
| 2001 | #644 | 392 | — | |
| 2000 | #534 | 488 | — | |
| 1999 | #489 | 530 | — | |
| 1998 | #424 | 623 | — | |
| 1997 | #387 | 670 | — | |
| 1996 | #364 | 747 | — | |
| 1995 | #351 | 750 | — | |
| 1994 | #330 | 811 | — | |
| 1993 | #320 | 826 | — | |
| 1992 | #349 | 747 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #359 | 714 | — | |
| 1990 | #352 | 756 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #334 | 759 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #360 | 678 | — | |
| 1987 | #434 | 509 | — | |
| 1986 | #415 | 531 | — | |
| 1985 | #464 | 459 | — | |
| 1984 | #563 | 328 | — | |
| 1983 | #608 | 289 | — | |
| 1982 | #676 | 260 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #542 | 344 | #1,996 | 27 |
| 1980 | #2,342 | 41 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,621 | 34 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tierra! It came in at #6,767, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1968, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tierra is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#147 · 1 in 540
- Maryland#174 · 1 in 953
- District of Columbia#191 · 1 in 722
- Virginia#217 · 1 in 1,252
- South Carolina#280 · 1 in 1,631
Best ever in a state: #59 in District of Columbia, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #147 | 9 | 1 in 540 |
| Maryland | #174 | 22 | 1 in 953 |
| District of Columbia | #191 | 8 | 1 in 722 |
| Virginia | #217 | 24 | 1 in 1,252 |
| South Carolina | #280 | 11 | 1 in 1,631 |
| North Carolina | #285 | 17 | 1 in 1,949 |
| Georgia | #369 | 14 | 1 in 2,487 |
| Illinois | #397 | 27 | 1 in 2,783 |
| Tennessee | #399 | 9 | 1 in 3,099 |
| Missouri | #403 | 10 | 1 in 3,208 |
| Ohio | #425 | 20 | 1 in 3,613 |
| Louisiana | #435 | 11 | 1 in 2,784 |
| Mississippi | #486 | 5 | 1 in 3,168 |
| Wisconsin | #493 | 6 | 1 in 5,197 |
| New York | #546 | 25 | 1 in 4,053 |
| New Jersey | #580 | 8 | 1 in 4,658 |
| Alabama | #583 | 5 | 1 in 4,547 |
| Pennsylvania | #628 | 11 | 1 in 6,304 |
| Florida | #760 | 8 | 1 in 6,762 |
| Texas | #778 | 18 | 1 in 6,874 |
| California | #782 | 27 | 1 in 6,714 |
| Michigan | #844 | 6 | 1 in 9,776 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tierra
- 994 spots since 2024 (#4,560 → #5,554)
- 67 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #5,554)
- 2,590 spots since 2015 (#2,964 → #5,554)
- Biggest jump: 1,800 spots in 1981 (#2,342 → #542)
- Biggest drop: 180 spots in 2003 (#712 → #892)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1993 at #320 (826 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1981–2003
- Highest: 1 in 2,190 girls born in 1993 were named Tierra (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 48.0% of all girls named Tierra (7,174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21 | #6,564 (1966) | #6,741 |
| 1970s | 189 | #2,572 (1978) | #3,900 |
| 1980s | 4,198 | #334 (1989) | #674 |
| 1990s | 7,174 | #320 (1993) | #373 |
| 2000s | 2,606 | #534 (2000) | #1,084 |
| 2010s | 609 | #2,010 (2010) | #2,987 |
| 2020s | 144 | #4,560 (2024) | #5,304 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tierra in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 4,849 of them was named Tierra, which outranked 95.6% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 66,340 of them was named Tierra, which outranked 72.6% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,942Wm28
- #1,942Yousef28
- #1,942Zach28
- #1,996Tierra27
- #1,996Ahren27
- #1,996Anastacio27
- #1,996Broc27
- #2,038Alford26
- #2,038Ameer26
- #2,038Antwoine26
Tied with 41 names at #1,996; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.