Tien
Boy · TYEN · Vietnamese
Tien is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “to advance, progress”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Tien mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Tiến 'advance'; Tiên 'fairy, immortal' is another reading
“to advance, progress”
- Say it
- TYEN
Is Tien a girl's or a boy's name?
Tien is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tien in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tien in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tien in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Tien in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Tien, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1992, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had more boys named Tien than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Tien in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2015, 33% of the babies named Tien in the US were girls.
Tien in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
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