Tamba — unisex name
12 babies named Tamba in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Tamba was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Tamba in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamba
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Tamba between 1977 and 1978, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamba currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Tamba is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 2001.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamba performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamba 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 12 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.
Tamba at a glance
Last recorded 1978Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamba popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1977
- Peak year (1977)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1978.
12 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 6 births in a single year.
Tamba popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 2001 (Tamba as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Tamba accounts for 48% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tamba by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 12 births that decade — 100% of Tamba's all-time total
Tamba decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tamba's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1977–1978 (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.