Tacoma
A unisex name of Salish origin, meaning mountain that is God; Mount Rainier.
Tacoma by the numbers
Tacoma was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 32 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tacoma. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Tacoma
Names that are said the same way as Tacoma, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Takumawarrior; military hero5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Tacoma, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Tacoma, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Brynleehill meadow; a form of Bryn with English suffix1,408 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Tacoma
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