Tomesha — girls' name
249 babies named Tomesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
249 girls have been named Tomesha since 1974, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2002.
- 249
- total births
- 1974–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Tomesha was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Tomesha in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tomesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Tomesha between 1974 and 2002, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tomesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tomesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tomesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tomesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tomesha 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 249 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.
Tomesha at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tomesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1974
- Peak year (1976)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
249 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 20 births in a single year.
Tomesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 91 births that decade — 37% of Tomesha's all-time total
Tomesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tomesha's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Tomesha by state
Where Tomesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 249 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.