Tamu
Last seen for girls in 1980 at #8,178 · Last seen for boys in 1976 at #5,587
Given to girls 98.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 55 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 285since 1969
Tamu over time
Rank among girls' names. Tamu has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #2,278 | 36 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,689 | 26 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,627 | 55 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,877 | 46 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tamu! It came in at #5,974, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1981–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Tamu
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1972 at #1,627 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 27,659 girls born in 1972 were named Tamu (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 237,187 girls born in 1980 (0.00%)
- 95.1% of all girls named Tamu (271) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 7 | #5,974 (1969) | #5,974 |
| 1970s | 271 | #1,627 (1972) | #3,633 |
| 1980s | 7 | #8,178 (1980) | #8,178 |
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.
Tamu in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 40,496 of them was named Tamu, which outranked 78.5% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,232Tarina37
- #2,232Taylor37
- #2,232Zaneta37
- #2,278Tamu36
- #2,278Cammy36
- #2,278Danell36
- #2,278Deneen36
- #2,321Beckie35
- #2,321Brandice35
- #2,321Camie35
Tied with 42 names at #2,278; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.