Given name & surname
Tacoma
“from the snowy mountain peak”
Tacoma is a variant of Tahoma. One Native American interpretation is “from the snowy mountain peak.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tacoma is a variant of Tahoma. One Native American interpretation is “from the snowy mountain peak.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tacoma is a variant of Tahoma. An origin associated with Tahoma is Native American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tacoma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 252
- 210 boys · 42 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,823 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,823 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 293 as a first name in 2020; 139 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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