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Tija

Girls' name

Diminutive of Tatjana

Tija has been given to 119 babies in the U.S. since 1969. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2000, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Tija, 2002

1 in 747,000

Tija over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Tija: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Tatjana

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tija means

Tija is a diminutive of Tatjana.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Tija is used in Slovene.

Origin, language, and formation

Tija is used in Latvian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Tatjana.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 114 girls were recorded with the name Tija between 1969 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2000; its best national rank was #8,596 in 1969.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Tija between 1998 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1998; its best national rank was #11,144 in 1998.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Tija?

Tija had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2002, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2002
1 in 747,000
5 of 3,737,275 births
Among girls only
1 in 359,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2002
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
518,097 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tija sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2002 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 518,097 children born in 2002 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tija. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tijas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tija was born before 1992 — so the typical Tija is around 33 today.

Median birth year
1992
About 33 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
38.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
114
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 38.6% of all recorded uses (44).

Is Tija rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2000 (10)
Years since peak
25
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,596
1969

Spellings of Tija

Tija is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 27.3% against Tija's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Tija around the world

Where Tija ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2014
    #5,691
    in 2014
  • Ireland
    2009–2009
    #742
    in 2009
  • South Australia
    1969–1990
    #691
    in 1990

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Tija by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#8,596
1969
Peak year
2000
10 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2002
All-time count
114
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,144
1998
Peak year
1998
5 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
1998
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Tija

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

TijahSrijaHadijaMijaAdrijaLamijaTijanaNaijaDwijaLucijaAijaKijaRijaTijeraSofijaKanijaAlijaSaijaKaijaAnaijaBeijaShrijaAnijaMaija

Sibling names for Tija

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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