Tameka
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #14,824 · Last seen for boys in 1984 at #5,561
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 1,021 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,731since 1965
Tameka over time
Rank among girls' names. Tameka has never cracked the top 200 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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| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,527 | 37 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,639 | 33 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,798 | 47 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,309 | 58 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,177 | 62 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,052 | 66 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,583 | 96 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,438 | 112 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,248 | 139 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,061 | 171 | — | |
| 1990 | #836 | 235 | — | |
| 1989 | #750 | 262 | — | |
| 1988 | #715 | 262 | — | |
| 1987 | #585 | 337 | — | |
| 1986 | #566 | 350 | — | |
| 1985 | #483 | 429 | — | |
| 1984 | #432 | 484 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #371 | 606 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #346 | 683 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #320 | 738 | — | |
| 1980 | #294 | 845 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #281 | 875 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #247 | 962 | — | |
| 1977 | #241 | 1,021 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #260 | 916 | — | |
| 1975 | #269 | 893 | — | |
| 1974 | #376 | 568 | — | |
| 1973 | #402 | 495 | — | |
| 1972 | #523 | 325 | — | |
| 1971 | #722 | 210 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,020 | 121 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,465 | 64 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,594 | 52 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tameka! It came in at #4,494, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2012–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tameka is popular in 1984
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#112 · 1 in 437
- South Carolina#141 · 1 in 735
- Mississippi#151 · 1 in 752
- North Carolina#167 · 1 in 974
- Georgia#180 · 1 in 1,020
Best ever in a state: #48 in District of Columbia, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| District of Columbia | #112 | 13 | 1 in 437 |
| South Carolina | #141 | 24 | 1 in 735 |
| Mississippi | #151 | 20 | 1 in 752 |
| North Carolina | #167 | 35 | 1 in 974 |
| Georgia | #180 | 35 | 1 in 1,020 |
| Alabama | #191 | 21 | 1 in 1,026 |
| Virginia | #206 | 26 | 1 in 1,206 |
| Florida | #234 | 42 | 1 in 1,468 |
| Louisiana | #248 | 22 | 1 in 1,398 |
| Tennessee | #250 | 18 | 1 in 1,524 |
| Maryland | #279 | 12 | 1 in 1,907 |
| Illinois | #320 | 33 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Arkansas | #335 | 6 | 1 in 2,129 |
| Ohio | #365 | 23 | 1 in 3,008 |
| Connecticut | #402 | 5 | 1 in 3,269 |
| Indiana | #430 | 9 | 1 in 3,700 |
| Michigan | #439 | 15 | 1 in 3,757 |
| Oklahoma | #545 | 5 | 1 in 4,134 |
| New York | #552 | 24 | 1 in 4,349 |
| Texas | #564 | 31 | 1 in 4,207 |
| New Jersey | #690 | 6 | 1 in 6,522 |
| Pennsylvania | #788 | 7 | 1 in 9,721 |
| California | #880 | 24 | 1 in 8,025 |
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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 Tameka
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Biggest jump: 298 spots in 1971 (#1,020 → #722)
- Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1991 (#836 → #1,061)
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1977 at #241 (1,021 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1971–1990
- Highest: 1 in 1,502 girls born in 1977 were named Tameka (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,178 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
- 50.2% of all girls named Tameka (6,386) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 148 | #1,465 (1969) | #3,106 |
| 1970s | 6,386 | #241 (1977) | #434 |
| 1980s | 4,996 | #294 (1980) | #486 |
| 1990s | 1,019 | #836 (1990) | #1,914 |
| 2000s | 169 | #3,527 (2000) | #7,894 |
| 2010s | 13 | #13,448 (2010) | #14,136 |
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.
Tameka in 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 3,479 of them was named Tameka, which outranked 96.5% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 300,808 of them was named Tameka, which outranked 24.2% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,973Zenon7
- #4,973Zeus7
- #4,973Zubair7
- #5,561Tameka6
- #5,561Aaryn6
- #5,561Abdulaziz6
- #5,561Abdur6
- #6,315Abbott5
- #6,315Abdel5
- #6,315Abdon5
Tied with 753 names at #5,561; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.