Tacuma — boys' name
87 babies named Tacuma in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
78% of everyone ever named Tacuma was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Tacuma in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tacuma
The Social Security Administration has registered 87 babies named Tacuma between 1972 and 1982, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tacuma currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tacuma performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tacuma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tacuma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tacuma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 87 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tacuma at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tacuma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1972
- Peak year (1973)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
87 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 16 births in a single year.
Tacuma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 68 births that decade — 78% of Tacuma's all-time total
Tacuma decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tacuma's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% of all-time use.
Tacuma by state
Where Tacuma concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 7 | 8.0% |
7 of 87 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.