Tamasha — girls' name
108 babies named Tamasha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
73% of everyone ever named Tamasha was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Tamasha in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamasha
The Social Security Administration has registered 108 babies named Tamasha between 1972 and 1994, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamasha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamasha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tamasha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tamasha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamasha 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 108 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.
Tamasha at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamasha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1972
- Peak year (1979)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
108 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 17 births in a single year.
Tamasha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 79 births that decade — 73% of Tamasha's all-time total
Tamasha decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tamasha's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
Tamasha by state
Where Tamasha concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.6% |
5 of 108 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.6% 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, 1972–1994 (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.