Tamia

Where Tamia comes from

A 20th-century coinage popularized by the Canadian singer Tamia Hill.
— Wiktionary's entry for Tamia
  • Vowel-ended
Tamia through the years
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #3,448 among girls with 10 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Tamia born
    Canadian musician and singer
  3. 1995
    Around this time: You Put a Move on My Heart by Tamia
    Song, 1995 · Source
  4. 2001
    Peak, #358
    828 babies named Tamia, its best rank.
  5. 2009
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #728.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Tamia · Canadian musician and singer, born 1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.