Girls' name · since 1933
Tema
189 babies named Tema in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,045 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 189
- born since 1933
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tema is the #11045 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 189 recorded since 1933.
Social Security Administration records show Tema recorded 189 times among girls since 1933, holding rank #11045 nationally today, ahead of 36% of girls, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 2025.
- #20,429 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,045 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 189 born since 1933
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tema ranks #20,429 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,045 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 189 born since 1933, peaking in the 1970s.
- #20,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,045 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 189
- born since 1933
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tema's 189 recorded births place it above 71.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Tema compares
189 36th percentile among 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
Tema's all-time total is 50% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tema | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 189 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tema's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tema's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1940, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 93 years of records
Tema by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (41 births, 22% of the file).
1970s was Tema's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Tema births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
17 births
- 1950s
1950s
19 births
- 1960s
1960s
34 births
- 1970s
1970s
41 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 41 births (22% of all-time use).
Tema by state
Where Tema concentrates geographically, total births since 1933
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 189 births nationwide.
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What to do with Tema's data
- Tema's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 2020s (32) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Temas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Tema: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~92 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, 1933–2025 (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 Tema 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.