girls:
42 births since 1971
#5674 (1st percentile)
boys:
204 births since 1979
#4382 (4th percentile)
overall:
246 births since 1971
#7493 (3rd percentile)
The name Tacoma is the #7,493 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 246 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 3.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,382 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 204 births since 1979. For girls, it ranks #5,674 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 42 births since 1971.
Tacoma first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 1979 for boys). Birth data for Tacoma is available in 26 out of the 52 years between 1971 and 2022 (22 years for boys and 7 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tacoma has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Tacoma were boys. Interestingly, until around 1995, the name was more popular for girls (86.1% girls from 1971 to 1994), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (94.8% boys from 1995 to 2022).
For boys, Tacoma reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #786) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Tacoma reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #763) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tacoma".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Tacoma. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.9% confident that Tacoma is pronounced as tuh-KOH-muh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tuh-KOH-mah, at 17.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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