Tamesha
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 82 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,883since 1968
Tamesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Tamesha 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.
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| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 |
| 1996 | #2,591 | 48 |
| 1995 | #2,309 | 57 |
| 1994 | #2,541 | 49 |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 |
| 1992 | #1,987 | 69 |
| 1991 | #2,111 | 63 |
| 1990 | #2,068 | 64 |
| 1989 | #1,998 | 63 |
| 1988 | #1,686 | 76 |
| 1987 | #1,991 | 56 |
| 1986 | #1,866 | 60 |
| 1985 | #1,401 | 91 |
| 1984 | #1,633 | 67 |
| 1983 | #1,585 | 70 |
| 1982 | #1,429 | 85 |
| 1981 | #1,423 | 86 |
| 1980 | #1,518 | 78 |
| 1979 | #1,482 | 80 |
| 1978 | #1,422 | 81 |
| 1977 | #1,498 | 73 |
| 1976 | #1,397 | 76 |
| 1975 | #1,689 | 56 |
| 1974 | #1,300 | 82 |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
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| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tamesha! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1968–1969, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tamesha is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#826 · 1 in 7,202
- Texas#959 · 1 in 9,133
- California#1,182 · 1 in 12,464
- New York#1,207 · 1 in 12,730
Best ever in a state: #263 in District of Columbia, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Florida | #826 | 6 | 1 in 7,202 |
| Texas | #959 | 11 | 1 in 9,133 |
| California | #1,182 | 12 | 1 in 12,464 |
| New York | #1,207 | 8 | 1 in 12,730 |
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See more about Tamesha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1974 at #1,300 (82 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 17,897 girls born in 1974 were named Tamesha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,188 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 38.9% of all girls named Tamesha (732) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 5 | #7,016 (1968) | #7,016 |
| 1970s | 533 | #1,300 (1974) | #2,413 |
| 1980s | 732 | #1,401 (1985) | #1,653 |
| 1990s | 497 | #1,987 (1992) | #2,678 |
| 2000s | 116 | #4,107 (2001) | #8,990 |
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.
Tamesha in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
More about 1977
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1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 21,002 of them was named Tamesha, which outranked 86.8% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,483Timika74
- #1,483Tomekia74
- #1,483Tonisha74
- #1,498Tamesha73
- #1,498Aletha73
- #1,498Apryl73
- #1,498Carlene73
- #1,514Aundrea72
- #1,514Billiejo72
- #1,514Cassidy72
Tied with 15 names at #1,498; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.