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
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 2,159 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,760since 1951
Tamika over time
Rank among girls' names. Tamika has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,819 | 53 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,844 | 51 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,277 | 68 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,051 | 75 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,620 | 100 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,514 | 107 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,431 | 115 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,169 | 147 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,115 | 161 | — | |
| 1993 | #878 | 220 | — | |
| 1992 | #787 | 259 | — | |
| 1991 | #666 | 325 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #573 | 405 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #574 | 381 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #456 | 491 | — | |
| 1987 | #409 | 545 | — | |
| 1986 | #401 | 558 | — | |
| 1985 | #336 | 704 | — | |
| 1984 | #289 | 833 | — | |
| 1983 | #257 | 922 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #239 | 1,056 | — | |
| 1981 | #221 | 1,187 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #202 | 1,279 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #187 | 1,412 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #166 | 1,638 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #158 | 1,695 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #144 | 1,866 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #130 | 2,159 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #246 | 1,040 | — | |
| 1973 | #293 | 808 | — | |
| 1972 | #353 | 627 | — | |
| 1971 | #482 | 401 | — | |
| 1970 | #635 | 259 | — | |
| 1969 | #770 | 174 | — | |
| 1968 | #723 | 183 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,980 | 35 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 | — | |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
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| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
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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 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#260 · 1 in 927
- Alabama#518 · 1 in 3,500
- Minnesota#582 · 1 in 5,124
- Illinois#591 · 1 in 4,124
- Maryland#597 · 1 in 4,210
Best ever in a state: #20 in District of Columbia, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #260 | 5 | 1 in 927 |
| Alabama | #518 | 6 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Minnesota | #582 | 5 | 1 in 5,124 |
| Illinois | #591 | 18 | 1 in 4,124 |
| Maryland | #597 | 6 | 1 in 4,210 |
| Louisiana | #614 | 6 | 1 in 3,736 |
| Tennessee | #637 | 6 | 1 in 4,870 |
| Pennsylvania | #691 | 11 | 1 in 5,903 |
| Georgia | #847 | 6 | 1 in 6,792 |
| New Jersey | #855 | 6 | 1 in 7,337 |
| New York | #909 | 15 | 1 in 7,415 |
| Florida | #1,139 | 7 | 1 in 10,646 |
| Ohio | #1,152 | 5 | 1 in 12,935 |
| Texas | #1,752 | 7 | 1 in 19,426 |
| California | #2,310 | 8 | 1 in 30,313 |
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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 Tamika
- 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)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1975 at #130 (2,159 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1968–1993
- Highest: 1 in 675 girls born in 1975 were named Tamika (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 52.3% of all girls named Tamika (11,905) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #5,414 (1951) | #5,830 |
| 1960s | 486 | #723 (1968) | #1,974 |
| 1970s | 11,905 | #130 (1975) | #279 |
| 1980s | 7,956 | #202 (1980) | #338 |
| 1990s | 1,914 | #573 (1990) | #1,180 |
| 2000s | 373 | #2,277 (2000) | #4,308 |
| 2010s | 95 | #6,382 (2010) | #11,301 |
| 2020s | 21 | #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 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 11,092 of them was named Tamika, which outranked 92.9% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,105Shelley162
- #1,105Sydni162
- #1,105Yessica162
- #1,115Tamika161
- #1,115Abbigail161
- #1,115Brandee161
- #1,115Charmaine161
- #1,125Brittny160
- #1,125Krystina160
- #1,125Lesly160
Tied with 9 names at #1,115; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.