# Tameka (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tameka/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,772 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 41 / 12,731 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 70, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 58 | 2,325 |
| 1998 | 47 | 2,844 |
| 1999 | 33 | 3,712 |
| 2000 | 37 | 3,587 |
| 2001 | 18 | 6,291 |
| 2002 | 21 | 5,651 |
| 2003 | 17 | 6,855 |
| 2004 | 16 | 7,355 |
| 2005 | 21 | 5,979 |
| 2006 | 9 | 12,323 |
| 2007 | 13 | 9,495 |
| 2008 | 9 | 12,487 |
| 2009 | 8 | 13,568 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,793 |
| 2011 | 6 | 16,566 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 10 | 3,812 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,964 |
| 1980 | 9 | 4,464 |
| 1982 | 6 | 6,308 |
| 1983 | 5 | 7,209 |
| 1984 | 6 | 6,232 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1997 | 9 | 1,802 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 11 | 1,557 |
| 2000 | 9 | 1,831 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |

## People named Tameka

- Tameka Yallop, Australian association football player
- Tameka Empson, British actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.