Unisex name · since 1977
Tamba
Tamba has 12 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #52,378 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
12 girls have been named Tamba since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tamba has 12 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1978.
- #52,378 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1977
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tamba ranks #52,378 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1977, peaking in the 1970s.
- #52,378 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tamba's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tamba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tamba's full recorded timeline at 1978, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 6 recorded births.
Tamba popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1978
- Peak year (1977)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Tamba popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 2001 (Tamba as boys' name)
Tamba by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Tamba's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Tamba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tamba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~1 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, 1977–1978 (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 Tamba 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.