Tamesha — girls' name
1,883 babies named Tamesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Tamesha was born in this single decade.
91 babies were named Tamesha in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,883 babies named Tamesha between 1968 and 2008, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 91 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 732 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tamesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 198 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Tamesha in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamesha 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 1,883 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.
Tamesha at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1968
- Peak year (1985)
- 91
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
1,883 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 91 births in a single year.
Tamesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 732 births that decade — 39% of Tamesha's all-time total
Tamesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 732 births
- Runner-up 533 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tamesha's strongest decade
732 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Tamesha by state
Where Tamesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 198 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Florida | | 118 | 6.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 99 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 71 | 3.8% |
| #5 | California | | 53 | 2.8% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 42 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 36 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 33 | 1.8% |
198 of 1,883 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.5% of nationwide
- Florida 6.3% of nationwide
- New York 5.3% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.8% of nationwide
- California 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tamesha appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1968–2008 (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.