Girls' name · since 1959
Tamya
Tamya has 2,790 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,769 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,123 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,790
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tamya is the #12123 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,790 recorded since 1959.
Tamya has 2,790 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12123 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #3,769 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,123 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,790 born since 1959
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tamya ranks #3,769 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,123 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,790 born since 1959, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,769 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,123 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,790
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tamya's 2,790 recorded births place it above 94.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Tamya compares
2,790 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tamya's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tamya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,790 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 262 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tamya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tamya splits its recorded history at 2001: 82% of all births land in the more recent half, 18% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 262 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tamya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 262
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Tamya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,833 births, 66% of the file).
2000s was Tamya's strongest decade.
1,833 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Tamya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 20
1960s
20 births
- 1970s 49
1970s
49 births
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
- 1990s 253
1990s
253 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,833 births
- 2010s 520
2010s
520 births
- 2020s 79
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,833 births (66% of all-time use).
How Tamya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tamya's total volume
Tamya by state
Where Tamya concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 233 | 8.4% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 203 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 158 | 5.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 135 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 122 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 118 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Texas | | 116 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 112 | 4.0% |
233 of 2,790 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Tamya appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tamya's data
- Tamya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,833 total births); usage has since declined to 79 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Tamyas (233 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tamya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Tamya 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.