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Tina

Gender
Girl
Say it
TEE-na
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#1,961 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,778 for girls

Tina is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).

What does Tina mean?

Latin: short form of Christina, Martina and similar names

Began as a short form of names ending in -tina, such as Christina, Martina and Bettina.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Tina a girl's or a boy's name?

Tina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,961among girls
Babies in 2025
15about 1 in 19,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 42% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Tina, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 50 girls.

Half of all the girls named Tina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#49) and 1974 (#58).

1996Busiest: 50 in 19972025
Tina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202515#1,961
202410#2,644
202318#1,728
202227#1,283
202123#1,448
202019#1,647
201927#1,285
201828#1,274
201727#1,326
201625#1,410
201526#1,353
201427#1,302
201331#1,188
201232#1,150
201135#1,069
201036#1,004
200939#927
200839#908
200727#1,138
200633#955
200528#1,004
200435#853
200329#936
200240#708
200129#871
200036#731
199926#923
199835#746
199750#588
199647#582

How popular is Tina in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,778among girls
Babies in 2025
61about 1 in 26,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 26% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Tina, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,156th. Its busiest year was 1968, with 14,772 girls.

Half of all the girls named Tina in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 66 girls in the US were given Tina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,217, up from #2,778 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 14,772 in 19682025
Tina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202561#2,778
202466#2,637
2023101#1,946
202259#2,856
202183#2,233
202084#2,156
2019100#1,949
2018125#1,672
2017146#1,515
2016121#1,731
2015158#1,454
2014153#1,464
2013148#1,496
2012179#1,315
2011175#1,329
2010161#1,420
2009214#1,174
2008222#1,157
2007254#1,037
2006284#928
2005332#782
2004351#747
2003378#690
2002380#667
2001397#635
2000454#572
1999433#574
1998431#568
1997501#492
1996576#441
1995624#412
1994720#361
1993806#324
1992890#312
19911,025#268
19901,180#240
19891,323#201
19881,603#174
19871,811#150
19861,962#146
19852,598#110
19842,505#111
19832,738#100
19823,219#90
19813,821#80
19804,260#72
19794,677#58
19785,699#45
19774,951#58
19765,747#48
19757,065#35
19748,668#25
19739,307#24
197211,523#18
197113,266#20
197013,861#21
196913,606#22
196814,772#18
196714,160#21
196613,892#23
196512,831#29
196412,548#34
196312,157#35
196212,781#33
196110,521#41
19609,133#45
19597,919#53
19586,618#71
19575,857#80
19565,330#87
19553,275#132
19541,236#230
19531,096#242
19521,099#238
1951832#271
1950728#290
1949640#306
1948576#326
1947541#341
1946478#343
1945440#326
1944359#371
1943360#383
1942244#471
1941156#559
1940172#523
1939145#555
1938107#666
1937126#599
1936117#606
1935104#638
1934118#607
1933107#633
1932123#593
1931108#640
1930143#568
1929130#599
1928137#602
1927151#577
1926126#639
1925136#627
1924143#628
1923150#590
1922141#615
1921126#654
1920127#640
1919120#634
1918128#625
1917137#577
1916127#596
1915133#555
1914108#536
191389#538
191281#544
191159#548
191058#536
190952#522
190841#583
190755#481
190649#492
190558#442
190456#430
190344#482
190244#467
190147#432
190053#463
189942#449
189849#437
189751#408
189651#396
189545#421
189442#429
189346#394
189235#460
189131#457
189039#406
188940#381
188840#380
188725#446
188632#378
188532#354
188424#409
188321#411
188228#336
188119#384
188017#403

Names like Tina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Laura Tara Trisha Sara Jessica Anna Francesca Emma Sarah Lisa Tanya Rebecca

Other spellings of Tina

Tena

Names related to Tina

Tiana Tiona Tiani Taina Tionna Tniya

More Latin names

Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Tina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tina, updated 20 October 2026.