Tira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TEER-ah
Tira is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Is Tira a girl's or a boy's name?
Tira is a girls' name.
How popular is Tira in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 5 girls.
Tira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
How popular is Tira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1971, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Tira in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,133 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,349 |
| 1972 | 37 | #2,093 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,906 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,986 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,254 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,779 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,059 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Tira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tira, updated 20 October 2026.