Tifa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TEE-fah
- Origin
- Modern
Tifa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tifa mean?
Modern: from Tifa Lockhart, a video game character
Best known from Tifa Lockhart, a central character in the 1997 video game Final Fantasy VII.
Is Tifa a girl's or a boy's name?
Tifa is a girls' name.
How popular is Tifa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Tifa in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tifa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
Names like Tifa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayla, Safa, Amoura, Zhamira, Zaila, Zaniyah, Hafsa, Zaya, Ayra, Zya, Sama, Sayla
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tifa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tifa, updated 20 October 2026.