Tomeka

Last seen for girls in 1996 at #7,130 · Last seen for boys in 1974 at #4,634
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1976 · 387 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,628
since 1963

Tomeka over time

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Rank among girls' names. Tomeka has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #475, 1976girls
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1996#7,13012
1995#6,64113
1994#4,52122
1993#4,67121
1992#5,05119
1991#3,72228
1990#3,07836
1989#2,93137
1988#2,93135
1987#2,06553
1986#2,30044
1985#1,50581
1984#1,225106
1983#1,27297
1982#1,058136
1981#872176
1980#733227
1979#655266
1978#586292
1977#551321
1976#475387
1975#501357
1974#635241#4,6346
1973#718201
1972#908137
1971#1,16499
1970#1,28584
1969#1,89743
1968#2,48225
1967#3,84512
1966#5,8096
1965#5,2897
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First appearance
1963

The first year at least five girls were named Tomeka! It came in at #5,296, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1964, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
  • Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1972 (#1,164#908)
  • Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1982 (#872#1,058)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 1976 at #475 (387 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1972–1981
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,786
  • Highest: 1 in 3,786 girls born in 1976 were named Tomeka (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 146,084 girls born in 1996 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 65.7% of all girls named Tomeka (2,385) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s100#1,897 (1969)#4,103
1970s2,385#475 (1976)#748
1980s992#733 (1980)#1,689
1990s151#3,078 (1990)#4,973

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.

Tomeka in 1969

girls
#1,897
43 births · 1 in 39,233 girls

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #1,897Tomeka43
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 39,233 of them was named Tomeka, which outranked 78.2% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tomeka
  1. #1,871Valery44
  2. #1,871Willa44
  3. #1,871Yulanda44
  4. #1,897Tomeka43
  5. #1,897Aaron43
  6. #1,897Adelina43
  7. #1,897Anya43
  8. #1,927Adelaida42
  9. #1,927Andrew42
  10. #1,927Anessa42

Tied with 29 names at #1,897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,462Shani#2,126#664
  2. 1,203Julissa#2,164#961
  3. 1,133Chelsea#1,834#701
  4. 667Latasha#1,519#852
  5. 549Britt#1,519#970
Fallers
  1. 455Tamiko#552#1,007
  2. 345Alesia#697#1,042
  3. 324Vickey#966#1,290
  4. 308Bettina#746#1,054
  5. 293Cammie#846#1,139

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

See the top 100 for 1969