Tamia

#2,933 for girls in 2025, 57 births

Peak · girls
2001 · 828 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,782
since 1947

Tamia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tamia has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #358, 2001girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,93357
2024#3,08152
2023#2,41574
2022#1,930103
2021#1,926102
2020#1,687121
2019#1,495146
2018#1,474149
2017#1,154214
2016#1,103233
2015#1,068246
2014#984271
2013#947267
2012#929276
2011#893292
2010#769356
2009#728399
2008#549562
2007#526592
2006#572512
2005#513581
2004#375833
2003#458654
2002#484578
2001#358828
2000#424664
1999#397705
1998#380742
1997#440579
1996#497483
1995#2,02867
1994#3,37233
1993#2,99039
1992#3,09137
1991#2,84341
1990#3,22734
1989#2,65842
1988#2,21651
1987#2,36044
1986#2,51239
1985#2,48439
1984#2,29942
1983#2,31041
1982#2,58136
1981#2,00952
1980#1,96454
1979#2,38739
1978#2,12544
1977#2,66631
1976#1,96845
1975#2,23237
1974#2,43331
1973#2,68926
1972#2,59827
1971#3,94315
1970#5,06110
1969#3,95813
1968#2,87420
1967#3,48414
1966#3,95911
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1964#6,7675
1963#5,8916
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1961#6,5675
1960#5,6966
1959#4,6258
1958#3,74711
1957#5,3776
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five girls were named Tamia! It came in at #3,448, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1948–1956, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tamia is popular in 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedNHWashington: #818 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,708 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #350 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,985 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedWIMichigan: #509 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,470 girlsMINew York: #439 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 2,675 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedIAIndiana: #788 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,579 girlsINOhio: #468 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,270 girlsOHPennsylvania: #452 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,187 girlsPANew Jersey: #490 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,256 girlsNJConnecticut: #456 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,262 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,024 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 8,511 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedNEMissouri: #442 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,955 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #304 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,707 girlsVAMaryland: #331 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,901 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedNMKansas: #427 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,488 girlsKSArkansas: #413 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,340 girlsARTennessee: #243 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,346 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #221 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,124 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #209 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,016 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #109 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 358 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #339 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,796 girlsLAMississippi: #148 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 645 girlsMSAlabama: #319 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,870 girlsALGeorgia: #242 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,258 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedHITexas: #779 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 5,815 girlsTXFlorida: #319 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,914 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#109 · 1 in 358
  2. Mississippi#148 · 1 in 645
  3. South Carolina#209 · 1 in 1,016
  4. North Carolina#221 · 1 in 1,124
  5. Georgia#242 · 1 in 1,258

Best ever in a state: #65 in District of Columbia, 1999.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#109101 in 358
Mississippi#148181 in 645
South Carolina#209161 in 1,016
North Carolina#221351 in 1,124
Georgia#242331 in 1,258
Tennessee#243221 in 1,346
Virginia#304201 in 1,707
Alabama#319111 in 1,870
Florida#319381 in 1,914
Maryland#331131 in 1,901
Louisiana#339121 in 1,796
Illinois#350361 in 1,985
Arkansas#41351 in 2,340
Kansas#42751 in 2,488
New York#439391 in 2,675
Missouri#442101 in 2,955
Pennsylvania#452191 in 3,187
Connecticut#45651 in 3,262
Ohio#468191 in 3,270
New Jersey#490131 in 3,256
Michigan#509151 in 3,470
Texas#779241 in 5,815
Indiana#78851 in 6,579
Washington#81851 in 5,708
California#1,024271 in 8,511
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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 Tamia
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 148 spots since 2024 (#3,081#2,933)
  • 1,246 spots since 2020 (#1,687#2,933)
  • 1,865 spots since 2015 (#1,068#2,933)
  • Biggest jump: 1,531 spots in 1996 (#2,028#497)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 2009 (#549#728)
Rise & fade · girls
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 2001 at #358 (828 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1996–2014
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,175
  • Highest: 1 in 2,175 girls born in 2001 were named Tamia (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,198 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 48.5% of all girls named Tamia (6,203) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s10#3,448 (1947)#3,448
1950s25#3,747 (1958)#4,583
1960s80#2,874 (1968)#4,900
1970s305#1,968 (1976)#2,810
1980s440#1,964 (1980)#2,339
1990s2,760#380 (1998)#1,927
2000s6,203#358 (2001)#499
2010s2,450#769 (2010)#1,082
2020s509#1,687 (2020)#2,329

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.

Tamia in 1996

girls
#497
483 births · 1 in 3,629 girls

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #497Tamia483
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 3,629 of them was named Tamia, which outranked 96.9% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tamia
  1. #493Kristy485
  2. #493Perla485
  3. #496Kiera484
  4. #497Tamia483
  5. #497Darian483
  6. #499Hallie480
  7. #499Kristine480
  8. #501Randi478

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 2,167Odalys#2,845#678
  2. 1,531Tamia#2,028#497
  3. 1,524Jaycie#2,486#962
  4. 1,486Odalis#2,394#908
  5. 1,430Zaria#2,155#725
Fallers
  1. 1,558Unknown#865#2,423
  2. 723Iridian#886#1,609
  3. 435Selene#964#1,399
  4. 394Salina#838#1,232
  5. 339Chelsi#697#1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1996