Tima
Tima is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include the following
Meaning & Origin of Tima
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tima is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include the following
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The Story of Tima
Tima first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1956, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1960: 11 births, good for #3,921 nationwide. About 42% of every Tima on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Tima last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 144 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Tima
Tima is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 144 births in the dataset. Tima's peak popularity came in 1960 when it ranked #3,921. Use the chart and map above to compare Tima'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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