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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tama

Tama was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 1086th with 97 babies. More babies were named Tama in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
195997 babies
Total since 1880
1,446babies recorded

Tama popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 13 since 2012.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#7,83011
1980#5,87112
1970#2,63828
1960#1,38464
1950#3,40011
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Tama, counting every spelling?

Tama has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Tama?

About 1,200 people born in the US named Tama are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 55 and 68. That makes Tama a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Tama by state

How common Tama was among girls born in each state in 1957–1961, around its peak. In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesWI0.05Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIN0.02Ohio: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOH0.05Pennsylvania: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesPA0.05New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMO0.02Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesKS0.05Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOK0.05Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tama, girls, 1957–1961. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Tama: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tama, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Tama

How popular is the name Tama?

Tama was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 1086th with 97 babies. More babies were named Tama in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Tama a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,433 girls and 13 boys.

Where was Tama most popular?

In 1957–1961, Tama was most common in Ohio (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.