Girl · Modern American coinage
Tamika
Say it: tah-MEE-kah
Meaning
Uncertain. Often said to come from the Japanese name Tamiko, but more likely an American coinage on the Ta- pattern.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Popular in the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 22,833 babies given this name since 1951
- At its height in 1975, about 1 in 675 girls
- 11 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tameka, Tomika, Tamekia
Famous bearers
- Tamika Catchings, basketball player
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.