Tamija — unisex name
26 babies named Tamija in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Tamija was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Tamija in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamija
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Tamija between 1996 and 1998, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamija currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Tamija is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 14 additional births since 1998.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamija performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamija 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 26 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.
Tamija at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamija popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1996
- Peak year (1998)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
26 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 21 births in a single year.
Tamija popularity over time — boys
14 total births recorded since 1998 (Tamija as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Tamija accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tamija by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 26 births that decade — 100% of Tamija's all-time total
Tamija decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tamija's strongest decade
26 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, 1996–1998 (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.