Tomeka

Last seen for girls in 1996 at #7,130 · Last seen for boys in 1974 at #4,634
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
#475
1976 · 387 births
Debut · girls
1963
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,628
since 1963

Tomeka over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tomeka has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #475, 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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First appearance
1963

The first year at least five girls were named Tomeka! It came in at #5,296, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1964, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tomeka is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedALGeorgia: #712 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,978 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Tomeka, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#712 · 1 in 5,978

Best ever in a state: #118 in Mississippi, 1977.

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See more about Tomeka
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
  • Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1972 (#1,164 → #908)
  • Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1982 (#872 → #1,058)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 1976 at #475 (387 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1972–1981
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,786
  • Highest: 1 in 3,786 girls born in 1976 were named Tomeka (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 146,084 girls born in 1996 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 65.7% of all girls named Tomeka (2,385) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s100#1,897 (1969)#4,103
1970s2,385#475 (1976)#748
1980s992#733 (1980)#1,689
1990s151#3,078 (1990)#4,973

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.

Tomeka in 1989

girls
#2,931
37 births · 1 in 49,826 girls

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #2,931Tomeka37
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 49,826 of them was named Tomeka, which outranked 79.9% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tomeka
  1. #2,879Veronique38
  2. #2,879Willie38
  3. #2,879Zandra38
  4. #2,931Tomeka37
  5. #2,931Aleksandra37
  6. #2,931Allicia37
  7. #2,931Angelle37
  8. #2,986Aarika36
  9. #2,986Abagail36
  10. #2,986Alvina36

Tied with 54 names at #2,931; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →