# Tamiko (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tamiko/  
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 | Japanese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,043 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 42 / 3,001 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese たみこ (Tamiko).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 18 | 4,646 |
| 1988 | 17 | 5,047 |
| 1989 | 19 | 4,830 |
| 1990 | 12 | 7,259 |
| 1991 | 9 | 9,271 |
| 1992 | 8 | 10,381 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8,651 |
| 1994 | 12 | 7,557 |
| 1995 | 10 | 8,681 |
| 1996 | 8 | 10,456 |
| 1998 | 6 | 13,933 |
| 1999 | 5 | 16,641 |
| 2000 | 5 | 17,346 |
| 2001 | 5 | 17,685 |
| 2002 | 6 | 15,208 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 8 | 3,930 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,936 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,794 |
| 1975 | 17 | 2,529 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,525 |

## 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.