Girls' name · since 1966
Tametha
85 babies named Tametha in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tametha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 85 recorded since 1966.
Social Security Administration records show Tametha recorded 85 times among girls since 1966, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1978.
- #29,025 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 85 born since 1966
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tametha ranks #29,025 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 85 born since 1966, peaking in the 1970s.
- #29,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tametha's 85 recorded births place it above 59.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tametha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tametha splits its recorded history at 1971: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1968 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tametha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1978
- Peak year (1968)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Tametha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (48 births, 56% of the file).
1970s was Tametha's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Tametha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
37 births
- 1970s
1970s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 48 births (56% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tametha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1966–1978 (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 Tametha 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.