Tameka
Tameka is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 241st, in 1977.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 19771,021 births
- Best rank
- #241in 1977
- Since 1965
- 12,730people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,730 girls have been named Tameka in the United States since 1965, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1977, with 1,021 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 1,021 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 50%. It has spent 20 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1977, its biggest year
Tameka was the 241st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1977 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amy, Jessica and Heather. See all of 1977.
Names that rose and fell with Tameka
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lakeshapeak 1978
- Tamikapeak 1975
- Lakishapeak 1977
- Nikishapeak 1977
- Lakeyshapeak 1977
- Tamekiapeak 1979
- Temekapeak 1977
- Lakeeshapeak 1977
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.