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Tama

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Tama is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
195997 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1919
1,433people given the name
Babies named Tama, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,433 girls have been named Tama in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 97 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 97 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1960s alone account for 38%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Tama
1910s5
1920s19
1930s17
1940s97
1950s408
1960s540
1970s202
1980s96
1990s33
2000s16

In 1959, its biggest year

Tama was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1959 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1959.

Names that rose and fell with Tama

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.