Tama
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168 · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #9,670
Given to girls 99.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 97 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,433since 1919
Tama over time
Rank among girls' names. Tama 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.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,887 | 40 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,715 | 43 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,561 | 51 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,361 | 68 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,352 | 67 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,359 | 66 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,327 | 70 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,373 | 64 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,079 | 97 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,104 | 91 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,491 | 51 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,693 | 39 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
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| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
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| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
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| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
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| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | — | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | — | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
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| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Tama! It came in at #4,814, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tama is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#1,729 · 1 in 30,760
Best ever in a state: #214 in Oklahoma, 1964.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,729 | 5 | 1 in 30,760 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Tama
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1959 at #1,079 (97 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,860 girls born in 1959 were named Tama (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 380,242 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
- 37.7% of all girls named Tama (540) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,814 (1919) | #4,814 |
| 1920s | 19 | #3,971 (1923) | #4,190 |
| 1930s | 17 | #3,800 (1937) | #3,955 |
| 1940s | 97 | #2,013 (1949) | #3,076 |
| 1950s | 408 | #1,079 (1959) | #1,982 |
| 1960s | 540 | #1,327 (1961) | #1,608 |
| 1970s | 202 | #2,542 (1971) | #3,651 |
| 1980s | 96 | #4,945 (1982) | #7,198 |
| 1990s | 33 | #7,303 (1990) | #11,549 |
| 2000s | 16 | #13,521 (2001) | #15,374 |
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.
Tama in 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 41,010 of them was named Tama, which outranked 77.0% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,855Valery41
- #1,855Willa41
- #1,855Yael41
- #1,887Tama40
- #1,887Alba40
- #1,887Aliza40
- #1,887Betina40
- #1,909Alena39
- #1,909Aline39
- #1,909Billi39
Tied with 21 names at #1,887; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.