Tema — #15472 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Tema

The Social Security Administration has registered 181 babies named Tema between 1933 and 2024, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tema currently holds the #15472 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tema performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Tema shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tema in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tema 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 181 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.