Tamu — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tamu

The Social Security Administration has registered 285 babies named Tamu between 1969 and 1980, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamu currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamu performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 271 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tamu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Tamu in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tamu 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 285 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.