How Many People Are Named Tameka?
people named Tameka are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 27,962 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,772 babies named Tameka in Social Security records from 1965 to 2011, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,031 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of TAMIKA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Tameka in English. Counting Tameka and these spellings together, about 34,068 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Tameka (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tameka alive today is about 44 years old, and 97% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 41 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tameka first appears in the records in 1965 and was given most often in 1977, to 1,031 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2011.
Babies given the name each year, 1965 to 2011
🏆 Rank History
Tameka has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #241, in 1977.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #241 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #359 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tameka alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tameka were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 859 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tameka was given 4.5 times as often in District of Columbia, 3.9 times in Mississippi and 3.4 times in Alabama.
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