Tamaka — girls' name
182 babies named Tamaka in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Tamaka was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Tamaka in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamaka
The Social Security Administration has registered 182 babies named Tamaka between 1971 and 1998, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamaka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamaka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tamaka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamaka 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 182 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.
Tamaka at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamaka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1971
- Peak year (1973)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
182 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 17 births in a single year.
Tamaka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 117 births that decade — 64% of Tamaka's all-time total
Tamaka decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tamaka's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% 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, 1971–1998 (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.