Tamatoa
Tamatoa is a name of Polynesian and Tahitian origin.
Meaning & Origin of Tamatoa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tamatoa is a name of Polynesian and Tahitian origin.
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The Story of Tamatoa
The earliest SSA record of Tamatoa as a baby boy name dates back to 2011, when 5 babies received it. 2013 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Tamatoa — #8,118 in the national rankings. About 59% of every Tamatoa on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Tamatoa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 46 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tamatoa
Tamatoa is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2011 and has accumulated 46 births in the dataset. Tamatoa's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #8,118. Use the chart and map above to compare Tamatoa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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