Given name
Tamasha
“pageant winner”
Tamasha is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “pageant winner.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “pageant winner.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tamasha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 108
- 0 boys · 108 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 160 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tamasha’s family of names
Tamasha has a related form in Tamashia. Tamasha has a related form in Tamashya. Tamasha has a related form in Tomasha.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Appears in
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