Tamiah
Feminine
Tamiah is an American coinage with no documented parent, built on a front syllable that has one genuinely unusual claim: a Scottish poem gave that syllable to the English language as the name of a hat, and it is still on the label.
How old is the name Tamiah?
Tamiah first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Tamiah alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 800 people named Tamiah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tamiah most popular?
Tamiah peaked in 2003, reaching #2497 nationally. See the whole 2003 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tamiah
Robert Burns wrote a long comic poem about a farmer who stays too late at the pub, rides home through a storm, and interrupts a gathering of witches in a ruined church. The farmer's name was Tam, and the poem was such a success that the flat wool bonnet Scotsmen wore became a tam o' shanter, after him. Shops still sell them under that name. It is a rare thing for a fictional character to name a garment, and rarer still for the garment to outlive the readership: plenty of people who own one have never read a line of Burns. Tamiah does not come from the poem. But the syllable at the front of it has had a good career.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source has been documented. Tamia, Tamika and Amiah are all near neighbors and none has been shown to be the parent. The ending is a common modern one and carries no sense of its own here.
Pronouncing Tamiah
tuh-MY-uh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. tuh-MEE-uh is also heard and the spelling does not decide between them.
Nicknames for Tamiah
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
- 1991
- Most girls named
- 200365 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2497reached in 2003
- Change vs 2023
- −37.5%5 in 2024, from 8
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.
Tamiahs among us
people named Tamiah 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
Tamiah 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 and Mia are both available as short forms and both stand alone.
- It is soft throughout, with no consonant that gives anyone trouble.
- It is distinctive on a page without being hard to read.
- Two readings of the middle vowel are in circulation and the spelling settles neither.
- The final h is silent, so it will be dropped by nearly everyone writing the name from speech.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has nothing to answer with.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tamiahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Tamiah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tamiah in 2025?
- Tamiah is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Tamiah with classmates?
- Tamiah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with T, all years combined.
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