Tamiko
Last seen for girls in 2002 at #13,595 · Last seen for boys in 1976 at #4,935
Given to girls 98.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 486 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,001since 1917
Tamiko over time
Rank among girls' names. Tamiko has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
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| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,935 | 55 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,583 | 73 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,917 | 54 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,014 | 134 | — | |
| 1977 | #898 | 158 | — | |
| 1976 | #625 | 250 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #415 | 486 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #946 | 131 | — | |
| 1973 | #772 | 174 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #693 | 210 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #812 | 171 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #953 | 133 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,007 | 115 | — | |
| 1968 | #552 | 309 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,204 | 29 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,246 | 29 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,250 | 77 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
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| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
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| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
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| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
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| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tamiko! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tamiko is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#282 · 1 in 1,719
- Illinois#344 · 1 in 2,131
- Louisiana#373 · 1 in 2,210
- South Carolina#401 · 1 in 2,744
- Missouri#544 · 1 in 5,213
Best ever in a state: #118 in Georgia, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #282 | 36 | 1 in 1,719 |
| Illinois | #344 | 35 | 1 in 2,131 |
| Louisiana | #373 | 12 | 1 in 2,210 |
| South Carolina | #401 | 7 | 1 in 2,744 |
| Missouri | #544 | 6 | 1 in 5,213 |
| Tennessee | #575 | 5 | 1 in 5,661 |
| Indiana | #582 | 6 | 1 in 6,173 |
| Ohio | #608 | 11 | 1 in 6,768 |
| Georgia | #636 | 6 | 1 in 5,997 |
| New York | #676 | 17 | 1 in 6,520 |
| California | #739 | 21 | 1 in 6,527 |
| New Jersey | #781 | 5 | 1 in 8,147 |
| Texas | #925 | 10 | 1 in 9,637 |
| Pennsylvania | #944 | 5 | 1 in 14,422 |
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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 Tamiko
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
- Biggest jump: 1,150 spots in 1968 (#1,702 → #552)
- Biggest drop: 455 spots in 1969 (#552 → #1,007)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1975 at #415 (486 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1970–1977
- Highest: 1 in 3,000 girls born in 1975 were named Tamiko (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 299,480 girls born in 2002 (0.00%)
- 63.3% of all girls named Tamiko (1,901) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #4,083 (1917) | #4,187 |
| 1920s | 46 | #3,379 (1922) | #3,743 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 643 | #552 (1968) | #2,680 |
| 1970s | 1,901 | #415 (1975) | #905 |
| 1980s | 303 | #1,583 (1980) | #3,562 |
| 1990s | 80 | #6,867 (1990) | #9,399 |
| 2000s | 16 | #13,595 (2002) | #14,659 |
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.
Tamiko in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 7,244 of them was named Tamiko, which outranked 92.8% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 270,268 of them was named Tamiko, which outranked 22.8% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,963Zephaniah7
- #3,963Zerick7
- #3,963Zoran7
- #4,441Tamiko6
- #4,441Abelino6
- #4,441Abimael6
- #4,441Abrahm6
- #4,986Aaric5
- #4,986Aasim5
- #4,986Abiel5
Tied with 544 names at #4,441; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.