Given name
Tamika
“child of the people; sweet”
Tamika is a variant of Tamiko. One Japanese interpretation is “child of the people; sweet.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tamika is a variant of Tamiko. One Japanese interpretation is “child of the people; sweet.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tamika is a variant of Tamiko. An origin associated with Tamiko is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tamika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22,850
- 90 boys · 22,760 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 2,170 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −76%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,159 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 18,804 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tamika
- Tamika CatchingsAmerican Hall of Fame basketball playerborn 1979
- Tamika MalloryAmerican activistborn 1980
- Tamika WhitmoreAmerican basketball player (born 1977)
- Tamika Williams-JeterAmerican basketball player-coachborn 1980
- Tamika Mkandawireassociation football playerborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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