Tamekia
Tamekia is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 856th, in 1975.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1979172 births
- Best rank
- #856in 1975
- Since 1968
- 1,883people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,883 girls have been named Tamekia in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 172 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 172 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 49%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1979, its biggest year
Tamekia was the 884th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Tamekia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lakeshapeak 1978
- Nikishapeak 1977
- Lakishapeak 1977
- Takishapeak 1977
- Tamekapeak 1977
- Nakishapeak 1978
- Temekapeak 1977
- Tamikapeak 1975
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.