Tamah — girls' name
53 babies named Tamah in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Tamah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Tamah in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamah
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Tamah between 1959 and 1978, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamah performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tamah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamah 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 53 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.
Tamah at a glance
Last recorded 1978Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1959
- Peak year (1959)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1978.
53 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 7 births in a single year.
Tamah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 24 births that decade — 45% of Tamah's all-time total
Tamah decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tamah's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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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, 1959–1978 (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.