Tamesha
Feminine
The record holds at least six spellings of this name and counts them separately. Tamisha, Tamesha, Tameshia, Tamiesha and their relatives are all the same word said the same way, and because a birth record captures letters rather than sounds, each one appears as a different name entirely.
How old is the name Tamesha?
Tamesha first appears in US birth records in 1968 — 57 years ago. The typical Tamesha alive today was born around 1985, making them about 40 years old. About 1,800 people named Tamesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tamesha most popular?
Tamesha peaked in 1974, reaching #1300 nationally. See the whole 1974 chart.
Where it comes from
From Tamara to Tamesha
The story of Tamesha
The tree at the far end of one possible chain does something few plants do. Date palms are male or female — separate trees, not separate flowers on one tree — and a grove needs both, except that one male can pollinate a great many females, so growers keep very few males and carry the pollen by hand up the trunks. The practice is thousands of years old and is depicted on Assyrian reliefs, where winged figures are shown holding what is generally understood to be a male flower cluster. Hand-pollinating date palms may be the oldest deliberate plant breeding anybody performed.
Meaningnot established
Not established
A prefix with no sense, a linking vowel with no source and an ending borrowed from names where it was part of the word. Nothing translatable is present.
How the name formed
- Tamara
- Tamisha
- Tamesha
Pronouncing Tamesha
tuh-MEE-shuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. All six spellings of this name are said identically, so the differences are entirely visual.
Nicknames for Tamesha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1968
- Most girls named
- 198591 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1300reached in 1974
- Change vs 2006
- −50.0%5 in 2008, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tameshas among us
people named Tamesha are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Tamesha sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Tami sits inside it as a completely established short form.
- The rhythm is even and the name is easy to say at speed.
- The spelling follows the sound with no ambiguity.
- Six spellings compete and this one gets corrected to all of them.
- There is no inherited meaning to pass on.
- It reads clearly as belonging to a particular American generation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tameshas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Tamesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tamesha in 2025?
- Tamesha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Tamesha with classmates?
- Tamesha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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