Tamica

Last seen for girls in 2003 at #13,844

Peak · girls
1976 · 180 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,139
since 1967

Tamica over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tamica has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #789, 1976girls
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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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2003#13,8446
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2000#13,1546
1999#14,4115
1998#6,07316
1997#7,74211
1996#13,5185
1995#6,64113
1994#11,7786
1993#6,26414
1992#6,00815
1991#4,32923
1990#3,81327
1989#3,56628
1988#2,86736
1987#2,57239
1986#2,22846
1985#1,78463
1984#1,50276
1983#1,37986
1982#1,262102
1981#1,158115
1980#1,109124
1979#931158
1978#901159
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1976#789180
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1974#935133
1973#1,074107
1972#1,24284
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1969#2,45428
1968#2,78921
1967#4,9828
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First appearance
1967

The first year at least five girls were named Tamica! It came in at #4,982, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2001–2002, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tamica is popular in 1979

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedMNIllinois: #687 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,746 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedWIMichigan: #793 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,512 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedIAIndiana: #661 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,247 girlsINOhio: #485 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,506 girlsOHPennsylvania: #818 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,773 girlsPANew Jersey: #836 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,438 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,517 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 18,148 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedWVVirginia: #566 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,864 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #362 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,528 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #501 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,251 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedMSAlabama: #526 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,819 girlsALGeorgia: #516 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,735 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedHITexas: #740 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,848 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Tamica, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#362 · 1 in 2,528
  2. Ohio#485 · 1 in 4,506
  3. Louisiana#501 · 1 in 3,251
  4. Georgia#516 · 1 in 3,735
  5. Alabama#526 · 1 in 3,819

Best ever in a state: #244 in District of Columbia, 1975.

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North Carolina#362131 in 2,528
Ohio#485161 in 4,506
Louisiana#50191 in 3,251
Georgia#51691 in 3,735
Alabama#52661 in 3,819
Virginia#56661 in 4,864
Indiana#66151 in 7,247
Illinois#687131 in 5,746
Texas#740191 in 5,848
Michigan#79371 in 8,512
Pennsylvania#81871 in 9,773
New Jersey#83651 in 7,438
California#1,51791 in 18,148
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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 Tamica
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
  • Biggest jump: 139 spots in 1974 (#1,074 → #935)
  • Biggest drop: 188 spots in 1977 (#789 → #977)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1967
  • Peaked 1976 at #789 (180 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1974–1979
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,139
  • Highest: 1 in 8,139 girls born in 1976 were named Tamica (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 304,524 girls born in 2003 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 57.0% of all girls named Tamica (1,220) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s57#2,454 (1969)#3,408
1970s1,220#789 (1976)#1,146
1980s715#1,109 (1980)#1,943
1990s135#3,813 (1990)#8,058
2000s12#13,154 (2000)#13,499

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.

Tamica in 1979

girls
#931
158 births · 1 in 10,160 girls

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #931Tamica158
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 10,160 of them was named Tamica, which outranked 92.2% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tamica
  1. #923Rebeca159
  2. #923Sharee159
  3. #923Sierra159
  4. #931Tamica158
  5. #931Brian158
  6. #931Charisse158
  7. #931Cody158
  8. #940Gayle157
  9. #940India157
  10. #942Delores156

Tied with 8 names at #931; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,593Breanne#2,125 → #532
  2. ↑ 1,527Loni#2,516 → #989
  3. ↑ 1,287Renata#2,012 → #725
  4. ↑ 985Ashanti#1,862 → #877
  5. ↑ 896Nicolette#1,581 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 392Christel#762 → #1,154
  2. ↓ 312Kenisha#557 → #869
  3. ↓ 297Ariane#887 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 285Imelda#947 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 252Farrah#539 → #791

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

See the top 100 for 1979 →