Given name & surname
Tamiya
Tamiya is a masculine given name. It is used in Sakizaya.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Tamiya isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tamiya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,831
- 0 boys · 1,831 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 111 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,823 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −56%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,823 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 56.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 111 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,383 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 67,292 among surnames in 1990.
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 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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