Tierra
Girl · tee-AIR-uh · Spanish
Tierra is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “earth, land”. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Tierra mean?
Spanish: Spanish word, from Latin terra
“earth, land”
The Spanish word for earth or land, as in Tierra del Fuego, 'land of fire'.
- Say it
- tee-AIR-uh
Is Tierra a girl's or a boy's name?
Tierra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tierra in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 girls.
Tierra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Tierra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Tierra, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1993, with 826 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Tierra in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tierra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,866 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,964 |
| 2014 | 50 | #3,224 |
| 2013 | 76 | #2,385 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,597 |
| 2011 | 80 | #2,326 |
| 2010 | 99 | #2,010 |
| 2009 | 100 | #2,041 |
| 2008 | 156 | #1,495 |
| 2007 | 200 | #1,239 |
| 2006 | 218 | #1,133 |
| 2005 | 219 | #1,085 |
| 2004 | 217 | #1,065 |
| 2003 | 268 | #892 |
| 2002 | 348 | #712 |
| 2001 | 392 | #644 |
| 2000 | 488 | #534 |
| 1999 | 530 | #489 |
| 1998 | 623 | #424 |
| 1997 | 670 | #387 |
| 1996 | 747 | #364 |
| 1995 | 750 | #351 |
| 1994 | 811 | #330 |
| 1993 | 826 | #320 |
| 1992 | 747 | #349 |
| 1991 | 714 | #359 |
| 1990 | 756 | #352 |
| 1989 | 759 | #334 |
| 1988 | 678 | #360 |
| 1987 | 509 | #434 |
| 1986 | 531 | #415 |
| 1985 | 459 | #464 |
| 1984 | 328 | #563 |
| 1983 | 289 | #608 |
| 1982 | 260 | #676 |
| 1981 | 344 | #542 |
| 1980 | 41 | #2,342 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,621 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
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