girl's name
Tema
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 189
Tema is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2022, when 10 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 414,422 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1933.
Tema over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 |
| 1940s | 17 |
| 1950s | 19 |
| 1960s | 34 |
| 1970s | 41 |
| 1980s | 6 |
| 1990s | 12 |
| 2000s | 5 |
| 2010s | 17 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 32 |
How popular is Tema?
In 2025, Tema was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Tema
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Tema also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tema over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Tema
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tema — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Tema
How popular is the name Tema?
In 2025, Tema was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Tema a girl's or a boy's name?
Tema is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Tema most popular?
Tema peaked in 2022, when 10 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Tema a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Tema currently ranks #11,609 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.