Tamekia
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #11,138
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 157 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,883since 1968
Tamekia over time
Rank among girls' names. Tamekia has never cracked the top 800 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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| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
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| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 |
| 1990 | #2,850 | 40 |
| 1989 | #2,879 | 38 |
| 1988 | #2,330 | 47 |
| 1987 | #2,044 | 54 |
| 1986 | #1,838 | 61 |
| 1985 | #1,562 | 77 |
| 1984 | #1,368 | 86 |
| 1983 | #1,311 | 92 |
| 1982 | #1,251 | 104 |
| 1981 | #1,220 | 107 |
| 1980 | #1,141 | 119 |
| 1979 | #883 | 172 |
| 1978 | #1,001 | 136 |
| 1977 | #952 | 145 |
| 1976 | #980 | 130 |
| 1975 | #849 | 157 |
| 1974 | #1,448 | 69 |
| 1973 | #1,755 | 50 |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1975 at #849 (157 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1975–1977
- 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%)
- 49.3% of all girls named Tamekia (928) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14 | #4,779 (1968) | #6,125 |
| 1970s | 928 | #849 (1975) | #1,754 |
| 1980s | 785 | #1,141 (1980) | #1,694 |
| 1990s | 156 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
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1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 11,264 of them was named Tamekia, which outranked 91.3% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #995Nicola137
- #995Shantell137
- #995Winter137
- #1,001Tamekia136
- #1,001Benita136
- #1,001Cristal136
- #1,001Johnna136
- #1,006Alina135
- #1,006Ayesha135
- #1,006Buffy135
Tied with 4 names at #1,001; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.