Temika

Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386

Peak · girls
1976 · 73 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
911
since 1968

Temika over time

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Rank among girls' names. Temika has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #1,433, 1976girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1995#13,3865
1994#13,4305
1993#8,05210
1992#8,7349
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1989#6,16013
1988#3,39328
1987#4,12220
1986#3,13529
1985#2,80433
1984#2,38240
1983#1,92753
1982#1,56675
1981#2,06150
1980#1,67768
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1976#1,43373
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1973#3,12221
1972#3,71416
1971#7,3886
1970#7,0706
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five girls were named Temika! It came in at #5,642, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Temika is popular in 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedMINew York: #1,551 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,630 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #660 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,966 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Temika, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#660 · 1 in 4,966
  2. New York#1,551 · 1 in 20,630

Best ever in a state: #447 in Georgia, 1976.

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Louisiana#66051 in 4,966
New York#1,55151 in 20,630
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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 Temika
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1976 at #1,433 (73 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,639
  • Highest: 1 in 19,639 girls born in 1978 were named Temika (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 351,710 girls born in 1995 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,433 in 1976, was only 1 in 20,070 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 46.9% of all girls named Temika (427) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s14#5,642 (1968)#5,808
1970s427#1,433 (1976)#3,120
1980s409#1,566 (1982)#2,923
1990s61#3,909 (1990)#9,837

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.

Temika in 1974

girls
#1,913
45 births · 1 in 32,612 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. #1,913Temika45
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 32,612 of them was named Temika, which outranked 81.3% 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 Temika
  1. #1,881Tiffiney46
  2. #1,881Tory46
  3. #1,881Winnie46
  4. #1,913Temika45
  5. #1,913Aleshia45
  6. #1,913Arianne45
  7. #1,913Bobbijo45
  8. #1,937Carli44
  9. #1,937Corine44
  10. #1,937Diann44

Tied with 23 names at #1,913; 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