How Many People Are Named Tama?
people named Tama are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 280,381 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,446 babies named Tama in Social Security records from 1919 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
97 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "son, boy" in Maori.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Tama, 98.9% were girls and 1.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tama alive today is about 59 years old, and 60% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tama first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 1959, to 97 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Tama has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,085, in 1959.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,085 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,549 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tama alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tama were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 42 of those alive today.
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