Tama — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tama

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,433 babies named Tama between 1919 and 2006, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tama currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 97 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tama performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 540 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Tama shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Tama in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tama 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 1,433 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.