Girls' name · since 1959
Tamah
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.
- #34,440 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
53 girls have been named Tamah since 1959, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tamah has been recorded 53 times among girls since 1959, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1978.
- #34,440 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 53 born since 1959
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tamah ranks #34,440 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 1959, peaking in the 1970s.
- #34,440 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tamah's 53 recorded births place it above 52.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tamah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tamah's SSA record in two at 1969 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1959 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tamah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1978
- Peak year (1959)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Tamah by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (24 births, 45% of the file).
1970s was Tamah's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Tamah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
22 births
- 1970s
1970s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 24 births (45% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tamah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1959–1978 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tamah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.