Girls' name · since 1996
Tamyah
Tamyah has 391 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 391
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tamyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 391 recorded since 1996.
Tamyah has 391 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1996 to 2021.
- #13,710 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 391 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tamyah ranks #13,710 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 391 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 391
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tamyah's 391 recorded births place it above 81.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Tamyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tamyah's full recorded timeline at 2008, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tamyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2021
- Peak year (2007)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Tamyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (217 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Tamyah's strongest decade.
217 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Tamyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 37
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
217 births
- 2010s
2010s
122 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 217 births (55% of all-time use).
Tamyah by state
Where Tamyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
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- Tamyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (217 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Tamyahs (11 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Tamyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1996–2021 (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 Tamyah 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.