Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tien**

#4,058 most common boys' name of all time · #9,925 across all names · 62% male / 38% female · used 1975–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#4,058
Rank overall
#9,925 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,320
Since 2016
136
Peak year
1992 #2,458
Best rank
#2,334 1981
Girls Boys peak 57/yr
198020002020

Tien first appears in 1975. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 14 14 #6,240
2024 — 7 7 #10,171
2023 — 8 8 #9,152
2022 — 5 5 #12,767
2021 5 13 18 #6,453
2020 7 13 20 #6,405
2019 9 11 20 #7,327
2018 9 13 22 #6,481
2017 — 6 6 #11,199
2016 8 8 16 #9,048
2015 13 26 39 #4,028
2014 — 17 17 #5,350
2013 10 13 23 #6,370
2012 8 19 27 #4,934
2011 7 21 28 #4,567
2010 — 19 19 #4,940
2009 12 16 28 #5,648
2008 22 18 40 #5,143
2007 15 14 29 #6,051
2006 12 23 35 #4,159
2005 11 21 32 #4,266
2004 16 7 23 #9,286
2003 10 27 37 #3,409
2002 17 21 38 #3,989
2001 12 11 23 #6,209
2000 21 15 36 #4,924
1999 13 18 31 #4,083
1998 10 15 25 #4,525
1997 18 22 40 #3,324
1996 18 16 34 #4,113
1995 13 18 31 #3,644
1994 17 21 38 #3,297
1993 21 19 40 #3,456
1992 27 30 57 #2,458
1991 14 22 36 #2,966
1990 15 22 37 #2,935
1989 9 13 22 #4,213
1988 10 20 30 #2,844
1987 8 20 28 #2,712
1986 6 24 30 #2,353
1985 15 20 35 #2,588
1984 11 17 28 #2,816
1983 10 10 20 #4,100
1982 12 21 33 #2,419
1981 13 22 35 #2,334
1980 7 16 23 #2,957
1979 9 9 18 #4,359
1978 — 10 10 #3,842
1977 — 9 9 #4,136
1976 6 9 15 #3,998
1975 — 5 5 #6,312