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
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 387 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,628since 1963
Tomeka over time
Rank among girls' names. Tomeka has never cracked the top 400 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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| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,722 | 28 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,065 | 53 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,505 | 81 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,225 | 106 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,272 | 97 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,058 | 136 | — | |
| 1981 | #872 | 176 | — | |
| 1980 | #733 | 227 | — | |
| 1979 | #655 | 266 | — | |
| 1978 | #586 | 292 | — | |
| 1977 | #551 | 321 | — | |
| 1976 | #475 | 387 | — | |
| 1975 | #501 | 357 | — | |
| 1974 | #635 | 241 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #718 | 201 | — | |
| 1972 | #908 | 137 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,164 | 99 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,285 | 84 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,897 | 43 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
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| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
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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.
Where Tomeka is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#259 · 1 in 1,332
- South Carolina#267 · 1 in 1,491
- Virginia#322 · 1 in 2,369
- North Carolina#330 · 1 in 2,280
- Arkansas#391 · 1 in 2,553
Best ever in a state: #118 in Mississippi, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #259 | 12 | 1 in 1,332 |
| South Carolina | #267 | 12 | 1 in 1,491 |
| Virginia | #322 | 13 | 1 in 2,369 |
| North Carolina | #330 | 15 | 1 in 2,280 |
| Arkansas | #391 | 5 | 1 in 2,553 |
| Georgia | #448 | 11 | 1 in 3,171 |
| Louisiana | #465 | 10 | 1 in 3,168 |
| Alabama | #500 | 6 | 1 in 3,644 |
| Florida | #627 | 11 | 1 in 5,155 |
| Illinois | #910 | 8 | 1 in 9,303 |
| Texas | #1,364 | 8 | 1 in 16,241 |
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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 Tomeka
- 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)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1976 at #475 (387 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1972–1981
- 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%)
- 65.7% of all girls named Tomeka (2,385) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 100 | #1,897 (1969) | #4,103 |
| 1970s | 2,385 | #475 (1976) | #748 |
| 1980s | 992 | #733 (1980) | #1,689 |
| 1990s | 151 | #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 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 12,451 of them was named Tomeka, which outranked 91.4% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,053Jazmin137
- #1,053Michell137
- #1,053Tashina137
- #1,058Tomeka136
- #1,058Darcie136
- #1,058Gwen136
- #1,058Karri136
- #1,064Anthony135
- #1,064Joleen135
- #1,064Kiana135
Tied with 5 names at #1,058; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.