Girls' name · since 1993
Tameya
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 190 babies named Tameya, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,369 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 190
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tameya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 190 recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tameya has been recorded 190 times among girls since 1993, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2016.
- #20,369 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 190 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tameya ranks #20,369 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 190 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,369 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 190
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tameya's 190 recorded births place it above 71.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tameya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tameya's full recorded timeline at 2004, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tameya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2016
- Peak year (2004)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Tameya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (124 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Tameya's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Tameya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 124 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Tameya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (124 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tameya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1993–2016 (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 Tameya 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.