Tamma — girls' name
215 babies named Tamma in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Tamma was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Tamma in 1967 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamma
The Social Security Administration has registered 215 babies named Tamma between 1955 and 1981, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamma performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tamma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamma 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 215 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.
Tamma at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1955
- Peak year (1967)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
215 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1967 with 17 births in a single year.
Tamma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 135 births that decade — 63% of Tamma's all-time total
Tamma decade highlights
- Peak decade 135 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Tamma's strongest decade
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% 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, 1955–1981 (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.