Tameka
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #14,824 · Last seen for boys in 1984 at #5,561
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 1,021 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,731since 1965
Tameka over time
Rank among girls' names. Tameka has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,527 | 37 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,639 | 33 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,798 | 47 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,309 | 58 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,177 | 62 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,052 | 66 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,583 | 96 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,438 | 112 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,248 | 139 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,061 | 171 | — | |
| 1990 | #836 | 235 | — | |
| 1989 | #750 | 262 | — | |
| 1988 | #715 | 262 | — | |
| 1987 | #585 | 337 | — | |
| 1986 | #566 | 350 | — | |
| 1985 | #483 | 429 | — | |
| 1984 | #432 | 484 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #371 | 606 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #346 | 683 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #320 | 738 | — | |
| 1980 | #294 | 845 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #281 | 875 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #247 | 962 | — | |
| 1977 | #241 | 1,021 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #260 | 916 | — | |
| 1975 | #269 | 893 | — | |
| 1974 | #376 | 568 | — | |
| 1973 | #402 | 495 | — | |
| 1972 | #523 | 325 | — | |
| 1971 | #722 | 210 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,020 | 121 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,465 | 64 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,594 | 52 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tameka! It came in at #4,494, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2012–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tameka is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#255 · 1 in 1,541
- Virginia#340 · 1 in 2,223
- Mississippi#399 · 1 in 2,296
- Connecticut#490 · 1 in 3,820
- Illinois#517 · 1 in 3,738
Best ever in a state: #48 in District of Columbia, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #255 | 13 | 1 in 1,541 |
| Virginia | #340 | 17 | 1 in 2,223 |
| Mississippi | #399 | 6 | 1 in 2,296 |
| Connecticut | #490 | 5 | 1 in 3,820 |
| Alabama | #517 | 6 | 1 in 3,746 |
| Illinois | #517 | 21 | 1 in 3,738 |
| Georgia | #543 | 10 | 1 in 4,267 |
| Florida | #561 | 19 | 1 in 4,165 |
| Michigan | #581 | 13 | 1 in 4,806 |
| North Carolina | #603 | 8 | 1 in 5,108 |
| Louisiana | #622 | 6 | 1 in 4,230 |
| Maryland | #675 | 5 | 1 in 5,673 |
| Missouri | #707 | 5 | 1 in 6,570 |
| Indiana | #753 | 5 | 1 in 7,035 |
| New Jersey | #767 | 7 | 1 in 6,852 |
| Washington | #773 | 5 | 1 in 6,181 |
| Pennsylvania | #836 | 8 | 1 in 9,075 |
| New York | #883 | 16 | 1 in 7,629 |
| Ohio | #1,007 | 6 | 1 in 11,816 |
| Texas | #1,110 | 13 | 1 in 10,583 |
| California | #1,478 | 16 | 1 in 16,403 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tameka
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Biggest jump: 298 spots in 1971 (#1,020 → #722)
- Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1991 (#836 → #1,061)
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1977 at #241 (1,021 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1971–1990
- Highest: 1 in 1,502 girls born in 1977 were named Tameka (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,178 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
- 50.2% of all girls named Tameka (6,386) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 148 | #1,465 (1969) | #3,106 |
| 1970s | 6,386 | #241 (1977) | #434 |
| 1980s | 4,996 | #294 (1980) | #486 |
| 1990s | 1,019 | #836 (1990) | #1,914 |
| 2000s | 169 | #3,527 (2000) | #7,894 |
| 2010s | 13 | #13,448 (2010) | #14,136 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tameka in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
More about 1990
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1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 8,079 of them was named Tameka, which outranked 94.5% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #832Janna236
- #832Martina236
- #832Tyesha236
- #836Tameka235
- #836Billie235
- #836Krysten235
- #836Nikole235
- #841Bridgett234
- #841Deidra234
- #841Portia234
Tied with 4 names at #836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.