Tamea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tah-MEE-ah
- Origin
- Modern
Tamea is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Tamea come from?
Modern: modern US coinage
Is Tamea a girl's or a boy's name?
Tamea is a girls' name.
How popular is Tamea in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the girls named Tamea in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tamea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
Names like Tamea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiana Tamia Kaliyah Aaliyah Talia Dakota Jayla Zaniya Jaliyah Aliya Zariah Amaya
Names related to Tamea
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tamea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tamea, updated 20 October 2026.