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Tmya

TMYA /tiːˈmaɪ/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
Not in the 2025 data · last seen 2009 (#17,294)
Babies in 2009
5 (<0.01% of girls)
Peak
#7,580 in 2000
First recorded
1999

Meaning of Tmya

Tmya unfolds like the first pale light slipping through a washi screen at dawn, a name at once spare and sumptuous, its two syllables—“tee-MY”—echoing the hush of Kyoto’s bamboo groves after rain. Though born of contemporary imagination rather than ancient lineage, Tmya carries the quiet dignity of a temple bell’s toll, inviting stillness even in its rarity: since the late 1990s, only a handful of families each year in the United States have woven it into their daughters’ lives. Its modern American origin is laced with the same reverence for nature and impermanence found in haiku, conjuring imagery of cherry blossoms drifting across moonlit ponds and ink brushstrokes on silk scrolls. In Tmya’s delicate architecture one senses both the promise of renewal and the enduring strength of hidden roots, a melodic invitation to cultivate grace, patience and singular beauty in the heart of every girl who bears it.

How to pronounce Tmya

Popularity of Tmya in the U.S.

Tmya was last recorded in the U.S. in 2009, ranked #17,294 with 5 babies. It peaked at #7,580 in 2000. It first appears in the records in 1999.

Bar and line chart: Tmya in the U.S., 1999–2009. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 13 in 2000 and 5 in 2009. Line: rank among girl names, peak #7,580 in 2000, #17,294 in 2009.
  • Girls named Tmya (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1999–2009. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1999⁠–⁠2009 10 rows
Tmya: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2009517,294back (not recorded in 2008)
2007812,676▲ 4,492
2006517,168▼ 2,666
2005614,502▼ 2,878
2004811,624▲ 784
2003712,408▼ 221
2002712,187▲ 1,334
2001613,521▼ 5,941
2000137,580▲ 2,765
1999810,345new