Tamekia

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #11,138

Peak · girls
1975 · 157 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,883
since 1968

Tamekia over time

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Rank among girls' names. Tamekia has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #849, 1975girls
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1998#11,1387
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1996#11,8076
1995#13,3865
1994#5,24918
1993#4,99819
1992#3,58130
1991#3,44331
1990#2,85040
1989#2,87938
1988#2,33047
1987#2,04454
1986#1,83861
1985#1,56277
1984#1,36886
1983#1,31192
1982#1,251104
1981#1,220107
1980#1,141119
1979#883172
1978#1,001136
1977#952145
1976#980130
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1973#1,75550
1972#2,22234
1971#2,95523
1970#4,49212
1969#7,4715
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five girls were named Tamekia! It came in at #4,779, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Tamekia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
  • Biggest jump: 599 spots in 1975 (#1,448#849)
  • Biggest drop: 258 spots in 1980 (#883#1,141)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1975 at #849 (157 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1975–1977
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,286
  • Highest: 1 in 9,286 girls born in 1975 were named Tamekia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 252,421 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 49.3% of all girls named Tamekia (928) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s14#4,779 (1968)#6,125
1970s928#849 (1975)#1,754
1980s785#1,141 (1980)#1,694
1990s156#2,850 (1990)#7,057

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.

Tamekia in 1974

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#1,448
69 births · 1 in 21,269 girls

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #1,448Tamekia69
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 21,269 of them was named Tamekia, which outranked 85.9% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tamekia
  1. #1,438Roseanna70
  2. #1,438Shalawn70
  3. #1,438Shasta70
  4. #1,448Tamekia69
  5. #1,448Becki69
  6. #1,448Eden69
  7. #1,448Janene69
  8. #1,464Matilda68
  9. #1,464Neva68
  10. #1,464Nissa68

Tied with 15 names at #1,448; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 6,440Nakia#6,666#226
  2. 5,329Nikia#6,080#751
  3. 1,994Luciana#2,914#920
  4. 1,556Cortney#2,349#793
  5. 1,213Nia#1,885#672
Fallers
  1. 1,251Contina#962#2,213
  2. 396Pam#990#1,386
  3. 376Tracee#536#912
  4. 364Cher#760#1,124
  5. 314Richard#904#1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1974