girls:
12 births since 1977
#5704 (0th percentile)
boys:
11 births since 2001
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
23 births since 1977
#7716 (0th percentile)
The name Tamba is the #7,716 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 23 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,704 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 2001.
Tamba first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 2001 for boys). Birth data for Tamba is available in 4 out of the 33 years between 1977 and 2009. 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 Tamba is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2009, 100.0% of babies named Tamba were boys. Interestingly, until around 2001, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1977 to 2000), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2001 to 2009).
For girls, Tamba reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #755) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1978.
For boys, Tamba reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #824) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2009.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tamba".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Tamba. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.6% confident that Tamba is pronounced as TAM-buh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAHM-buh, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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