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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #358, 2001girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1998

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #360 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,956 girlsILWisconsin: #529 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,602 girlsWIMichigan: #252 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,356 girlsMINew York: #265 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 1,439 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: #344 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,521 girlsNVWyoming: 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: #664 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,726 girlsINOhio: #453 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,934 girlsOHPennsylvania: #320 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,943 girlsPANew Jersey: #367 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,183 girlsNJConnecticut: #407 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,590 girlsCTCalifornia: #672 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 4,511 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: #463 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,969 girlsMOKentucky: #492 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,399 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #190 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 869 girlsVAMaryland: #185 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 887 girlsMDDelaware: #150 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 524 girlsDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedKSArkansas: #269 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,322 girlsARTennessee: #258 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,388 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #195 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 935 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #164 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 763 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #69 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 251 girlsDCOklahoma: #412 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,113 girlsOKLouisiana: #154 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 705 girlsLAMississippi: #234 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,015 girlsMSAlabama: #201 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 906 girlsALGeorgia: #182 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 873 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tamia, so not publishedHITexas: #445 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 2,608 girlsTXFlorida: #283 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,516 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#69 · 1 in 251
  2. Delaware#150 · 1 in 524
  3. Louisiana#154 · 1 in 705
  4. South Carolina#164 · 1 in 763
  5. Georgia#182 · 1 in 873

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#69141 in 251
Delaware#15061 in 524
Louisiana#154311 in 705
South Carolina#164221 in 763
Georgia#182511 in 873
Maryland#185271 in 887
Virginia#190391 in 869
North Carolina#195451 in 935
Alabama#201231 in 906
Mississippi#234121 in 1,015
Michigan#252381 in 1,356
Tennessee#258221 in 1,388
New York#265701 in 1,439
Arkansas#26991 in 1,322
Florida#283491 in 1,516
Pennsylvania#320301 in 1,943
Nevada#34461 in 1,521
Illinois#360361 in 1,956
New Jersey#367191 in 2,183
Connecticut#40761 in 2,590
Oklahoma#41281 in 2,113
Texas#445551 in 2,608
Ohio#453211 in 2,934
Missouri#463101 in 2,969
Kentucky#49261 in 3,399
Wisconsin#52971 in 3,602
Indiana#66471 in 4,726
California#672491 in 4,511
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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 1998

girls
#380
742 births · 1 in 2,381 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #380Tamia742
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 2,381 of them was named Tamia, which outranked 97.7% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tamia
  1. #377Justine754
  2. #378Felicia750
  3. #379Jessie744
  4. #380Tamia742
  5. #381Precious741
  6. #382Elisabeth740
  7. #383Ivy728
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →