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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tamika

Tamika was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 130th with 2,159 babies. More babies were named Tamika in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
19752,159 babies
Total since 1880
22,850babies recorded

Tamika popularity since 1880

01.25k2.5k3.75k5k 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: 90 since 1975.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#9,47811
2010#6,60520
2000#2,30368
1990#573405
1980#2021,279
1970#636259
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Tamika, counting every spelling?

Tamika has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Tamika?

About 21,700 people born in the US named Tamika are alive today, with a median age of 47; half are between 42 and 50. That makes Tamika 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.

Tamika by state

How common Tamika was among girls born in each state in 1973–1977, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in District of Columbia (4.9×), Alabama (2.9×), Georgia (2.8×), Michigan (2.4×), New Jersey (2.2×). In 18 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: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesWI0.35Vermont: 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: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMN0.04Illinois: 1.3 per 1,000 babiesIL1.3Michigan: 2.5 per 1,000 babiesMI2.5New York: 1.5 per 1,000 babiesNY1.5Massachusetts: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesMA0.35Oregon: 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: 0.97 per 1,000 babiesIN0.97Ohio: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesOH1.1Pennsylvania: 1.9 per 1,000 babiesPA1.9New Jersey: 2.3 per 1,000 babiesNJ2.3Connecticut: 0.73 per 1,000 babiesCT0.73Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.51 per 1,000 babiesCA0.51Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesNE0.13Missouri: 0.73 per 1,000 babiesMO0.73Kentucky: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesKY0.45West Virginia: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesWV0.10Virginia: 1.2 per 1,000 babiesVA1.2Maryland: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesMD1.1Delaware: 1.4 per 1,000 babiesDE1.4Arizona: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.12New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesKS0.49Arkansas: 1.3 per 1,000 babiesAR1.3Tennessee: 2.2 per 1,000 babiesTN2.2North Carolina: 1.8 per 1,000 babiesNC1.8South Carolina: 1.8 per 1,000 babiesSC1.8District of Columbia: 5.1 per 1,000 babiesDC5.1Oklahoma: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesOK0.23Louisiana: 2.1 per 1,000 babiesLA2.1Mississippi: 1.6 per 1,000 babiesMS1.6Alabama: 3.0 per 1,000 babiesAL3.0Georgia: 2.8 per 1,000 babiesGA2.8Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.84 per 1,000 babiesTX0.84Florida: 1.5 per 1,000 babiesFL1.5
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tamika, girls, 1973–1977. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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

Questions about the name Tamika

How popular is the name Tamika?

Tamika was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 130th with 2,159 babies. More babies were named Tamika in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Tamika a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tamika in the US.

Where was Tamika most popular?

In 1973–1977, Tamika was most common in District of Columbia (5.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Georgia.