Tiana

What Tiana means

Form of Diana, meaning “goddess”

form of Diana || Borrowed from Late Latin Diāna, short form of Latin Dīāna, derived by syncope from Old Latin Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus +‎ -āna; roughly akin to Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”) + Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂.

Source: Wiktionary, “Tiana” (revision 80752605) and “Diana” (revision 93942296), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Tiana?

US: Steady: #603 in 2015, #595 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #328 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1995, when 1,024 girls got the name (#267 that year). First in the US records in 1950.

How common

• About 1 in 3,273 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,605 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in LA (0.86 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.85 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.79 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Tiana is #595 in the US and #676 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Tiana were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Tianna111 US · 12 E&W
• Sianna87 US · 16 E&W
• Cianna64 US · 7 E&W
• Siana48 US · 15 E&W
• Ciana44 US · 6 E&W
• Siani41 US
• Xiana26 US
• Xianna25 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Tiana

Girls

• Miranda#654“admirable”^*
• Marina#601possibly “of the sea”^*
• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*
• Monica#736Editor’s note Down from #559 in 2015 to #736 in 2025 in the US
• Victoria#54“victory”^*
• Julia#131Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2001, with 8,838 babies; 2,172 in 2025

For a brother

• Justin#233“just”^*
• Quinton#973“queen s town”^*
• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025
• Marcus#258Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 5,996 babies; 1,341 in 2025
• Anthony#46“flower”^*
• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Tiana’s. Rank is US 2025.