Tamika
Tamika is a feminine given name. It is considered to be an African-American name in the United States.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Tamika
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tamika is a feminine given name. It is considered to be an African-American name in the United States.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Tamika
Tamika first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1951, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1975: 2,159 births, good for #130 nationwide. About 52% of every Tamika on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Tamika last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 23K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Tamika
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About the name Tamika
Tamika is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1951 and has accumulated 23K births in the dataset. Tamika's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #130. Use the chart and map above to compare Tamika'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.