Tamika
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 2,159 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,760since 1951
Tamika over time
Rank among girls' names. Tamika has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,819 | 53 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,844 | 51 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,277 | 68 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,051 | 75 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,620 | 100 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,514 | 107 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,431 | 115 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,169 | 147 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,115 | 161 | — | |
| 1993 | #878 | 220 | — | |
| 1992 | #787 | 259 | — | |
| 1991 | #666 | 325 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #573 | 405 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #574 | 381 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #456 | 491 | — | |
| 1987 | #409 | 545 | — | |
| 1986 | #401 | 558 | — | |
| 1985 | #336 | 704 | — | |
| 1984 | #289 | 833 | — | |
| 1983 | #257 | 922 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #239 | 1,056 | — | |
| 1981 | #221 | 1,187 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #202 | 1,279 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #187 | 1,412 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #166 | 1,638 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #158 | 1,695 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #144 | 1,866 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #130 | 2,159 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #246 | 1,040 | — | |
| 1973 | #293 | 808 | — | |
| 1972 | #353 | 627 | — | |
| 1971 | #482 | 401 | — | |
| 1970 | #635 | 259 | — | |
| 1969 | #770 | 174 | — | |
| 1968 | #723 | 183 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,980 | 35 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 | — | |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
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| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tamika! It came in at #5,414, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tamika is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#25 · 1 in 123
- Georgia#69 · 1 in 301
- Alabama#79 · 1 in 362
- New Jersey#81 · 1 in 378
- South Carolina#88 · 1 in 371
Best ever in a state: #20 in District of Columbia, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #25 | 45 | 1 in 123 |
| Georgia | #69 | 107 | 1 in 301 |
| Alabama | #79 | 60 | 1 in 362 |
| New Jersey | #81 | 96 | 1 in 378 |
| South Carolina | #88 | 46 | 1 in 371 |
| North Carolina | #95 | 72 | 1 in 450 |
| Tennessee | #99 | 57 | 1 in 489 |
| Louisiana | #100 | 59 | 1 in 466 |
| Maryland | #104 | 39 | 1 in 468 |
| Illinois | #115 | 133 | 1 in 533 |
| Arkansas | #116 | 24 | 1 in 524 |
| Mississippi | #116 | 34 | 1 in 451 |
| Delaware | #119 | 6 | 1 in 463 |
| Nevada | #123 | 7 | 1 in 474 |
| Virginia | #124 | 50 | 1 in 557 |
| Florida | #126 | 79 | 1 in 557 |
| New York | #148 | 135 | 1 in 728 |
| Michigan | #150 | 74 | 1 in 778 |
| Pennsylvania | #152 | 87 | 1 in 759 |
| Connecticut | #157 | 18 | 1 in 788 |
| Ohio | #159 | 85 | 1 in 811 |
| Missouri | #189 | 30 | 1 in 1,022 |
| Indiana | #194 | 32 | 1 in 1,087 |
| Texas | #201 | 105 | 1 in 985 |
| Kentucky | #266 | 15 | 1 in 1,593 |
| Wisconsin | #291 | 13 | 1 in 2,228 |
| California | #313 | 88 | 1 in 1,742 |
| Arizona | #372 | 8 | 1 in 2,048 |
| Oklahoma | #386 | 7 | 1 in 2,429 |
| Colorado | #418 | 6 | 1 in 2,883 |
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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 Tamika
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 1,257 spots in 1968 (#1,980 → #723)
- Biggest drop: 237 spots in 1994 (#878 → #1,115)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1975 at #130 (2,159 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1968–1993
- Highest: 1 in 675 girls born in 1975 were named Tamika (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 52.3% of all girls named Tamika (11,905) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #5,414 (1951) | #5,830 |
| 1960s | 486 | #723 (1968) | #1,974 |
| 1970s | 11,905 | #130 (1975) | #279 |
| 1980s | 7,956 | #202 (1980) | #338 |
| 1990s | 1,914 | #573 (1990) | #1,180 |
| 2000s | 373 | #2,277 (2000) | #4,308 |
| 2010s | 95 | #6,382 (2010) | #11,301 |
| 2020s | 21 | #8,953 (2020) | #13,170 |
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.
Tamika in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 935 of them was named Tamika, which outranked 98.6% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 273,640 of them was named Tamika, which outranked 25.2% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).