Tamatha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tamatha

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,811 babies named Tamatha between 1960 and 1996, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamatha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 381 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamatha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,289 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tamatha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 198 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Tamatha in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tamatha 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 2,811 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.