Tameeka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tameeka

The Social Security Administration has registered 939 babies named Tameeka between 1969 and 1998, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tameeka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 73 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tameeka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 426 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tameeka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 239 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Tameeka in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tameeka 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 939 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.