# Tamia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tamia/  
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 | 12,782 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 12,782 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 427, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A 20th-century coinage popularized by the Canadian singer Tamia Hill.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 292 | 895 |
| 2012 | 276 | 931 |
| 2013 | 267 | 952 |
| 2014 | 271 | 988 |
| 2015 | 246 | 1,074 |
| 2016 | 233 | 1,105 |
| 2017 | 214 | 1,158 |
| 2018 | 149 | 1,481 |
| 2019 | 146 | 1,501 |
| 2020 | 121 | 1,696 |
| 2021 | 102 | 1,942 |
| 2022 | 103 | 1,941 |
| 2023 | 74 | 2,441 |
| 2024 | 52 | 3,116 |
| 2025 | 57 | 2,954 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 25 | 1,257 |
| 2011 | 21 | 1,438 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,387 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Tamia

- Tamia, Canadian musician and singer
- Flo Milli, American rapper

## 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.