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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tamekia

Tamekia was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 856th; the most babies were born in 1979 (172). More babies were named Tamekia in the 1970s 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
1979172 babies
Total since 1880
1,883babies recorded

Tamekia popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
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1990#2,89240
1980#1,148119
1970#4,73512
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How popular is Tamekia, counting every spelling?

Tamekia has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Tamekia?

About 1,800 people born in the US named Tamekia are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 42 and 50. That makes Tamekia mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

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.

Tamekia by state

How common Tamekia was among girls born in each state in 1977–1981, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (8.2×), Alabama (7.4×), South Carolina (4.7×), Georgia (4.4×), Louisiana (4.0×). In 35 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: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: 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: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesIL0.12Michigan: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMI0.03New 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: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.04Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesVA0.05Maryland: 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: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesTN0.30North Carolina: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesNC0.23South Carolina: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesSC0.40District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesLA0.34Mississippi: 0.70 per 1,000 babiesMS0.70Alabama: 0.63 per 1,000 babiesAL0.63Georgia: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesGA0.37Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesTX0.09Florida: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesFL0.16
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tamekia, girls, 1977–1981. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Tamekia

How popular is the name Tamekia?

Tamekia was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 856th; the most babies were born in 1979 (172). More babies were named Tamekia in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Tamekia a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,883 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Tamekia most popular?

In 1977–1981, Tamekia was most common in Mississippi (0.70 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and South Carolina.