Tamia
Girl · tuh-MEE-uh · Modern
Tamia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,933rd for girls in the US (57 babies).
What does Tamia mean?
Modern: modern American coinage, perhaps from Tamara or Tamika
Widely associated with the Canadian R&B singer Tamia, who rose to fame in the mid-1990s.
- Say it
- tuh-MEE-uh
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tamia a girl's or a boy's name?
Tamia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 57 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tamia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Tamia, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 43 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tamia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Tamia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,141 |
| 2007 | 36 | #924 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 43 | #716 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Tamia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,933among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were named Tamia, making it the 2,933rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,687th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 833 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the girls named Tamia in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tamia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,933 |
| 2024 | 52 | #3,081 |
| 2023 | 74 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,930 |
| 2021 | 102 | #1,926 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1,687 |
| 2019 | 146 | #1,495 |
| 2018 | 149 | #1,474 |
| 2017 | 214 | #1,154 |
| 2016 | 233 | #1,103 |
| 2015 | 246 | #1,068 |
| 2014 | 271 | #984 |
| 2013 | 267 | #947 |
| 2012 | 276 | #929 |
| 2011 | 292 | #893 |
| 2010 | 356 | #769 |
| 2009 | 399 | #728 |
| 2008 | 562 | #549 |
| 2007 | 592 | #526 |
| 2006 | 512 | #572 |
| 2005 | 581 | #513 |
| 2004 | 833 | #375 |
| 2003 | 654 | #458 |
| 2002 | 578 | #484 |
| 2001 | 828 | #358 |
| 2000 | 664 | #424 |
| 1999 | 705 | #397 |
| 1998 | 742 | #380 |
| 1997 | 579 | #440 |
| 1996 | 483 | #497 |
| 1995 | 67 | #2,023 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,086 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,837 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,222 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 51 | #2,211 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,358 |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,511 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,298 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,309 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,581 |
| 1981 | 52 | #2,009 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,964 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,387 |
| 1978 | 44 | #2,125 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,968 |
| 1975 | 37 | #2,232 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,689 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,874 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
Nicknames for Tamia
- Tami 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Tamia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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