Tamika

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1975 · 2,159 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
22,760
since 1951

Tamika over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tamika has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #130, 1975girls
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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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2017#11,6158—
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2015#10,14810—
2014#16,5135—
2013#11,0009—
2012#9,71111—
2011#10,37410—
2010#6,38220—
2009#6,31721—
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2006#5,23326—
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2004#3,98935—
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1991#666325#8,2365
1990#573405#5,8238
1989#574381#3,80914
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1983#257922#6,2385
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1981#2211,187#6,2625
1980#2021,279#4,9407
1979#1871,412#6,0565
1978#1661,638#5,0596
1977#1581,695#4,1648
1976#1441,866#2,60116
1975#1302,159#3,24611
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First appearance
1951

The first year at least five girls were named Tamika! It came in at #5,414, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1951–1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tamika is popular in 1969

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedWIMichigan: #399 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,260 girlsMINew York: #731 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 8,174 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #346 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,537 girlsPANew Jersey: #637 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,084 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,190 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 15,987 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #652 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,967 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #604 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,132 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedMSAlabama: #319 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,012 girlsALGeorgia: #349 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,386 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Tamika, so not publishedTXFlorida: #609 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,547 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#319 · 1 in 2,012
  2. Pennsylvania#346 · 1 in 2,537
  3. Georgia#349 · 1 in 2,386
  4. Michigan#399 · 1 in 3,260
  5. Louisiana#604 · 1 in 5,132

Best ever in a state: #20 in District of Columbia, 1975.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#319131 in 2,012
Pennsylvania#346331 in 2,537
Georgia#349161 in 2,386
Michigan#399221 in 3,260
Louisiana#60461 in 5,132
Florida#60981 in 5,547
New Jersey#63771 in 7,084
North Carolina#65251 in 7,967
New York#731171 in 8,174
California#1,190101 in 15,987
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See more about Tamika
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 1,257 spots in 1968 (#1,980 → #723)
  • Biggest drop: 237 spots in 1994 (#878 → #1,115)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1951
  • Peaked 1975 at #130 (2,159 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1968–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 675
  • Highest: 1 in 675 girls born in 1975 were named Tamika (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 52.3% of all girls named Tamika (11,905) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s10#5,414 (1951)#5,830
1960s486#723 (1968)#1,974
1970s11,905#130 (1975)#279
1980s7,956#202 (1980)#338
1990s1,914#573 (1990)#1,180
2000s373#2,277 (2000)#4,308
2010s95#6,382 (2010)#11,301
2020s21#8,953 (2020)#13,170

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.

Tamika in 1969

girls
#770
174 births · 1 in 9,695 girls

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #770Tamika174
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 9,695 of them was named Tamika, which outranked 91.2% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tamika
  1. #766Juana175
  2. #766Juliana175
  3. #766Marguerite175
  4. #770Tamika174
  5. #770Gerri174
  6. #770Judi174
  7. #770Lenore174
  8. #774Adrianne173
  9. #774Ami173
  10. #774Carolina173

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

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →