Tamara
- #1,808 for girls in 2025, 111 births
- Last seen for boys in 2002 at #10,667
- Given to girls 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 4,525 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 12 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 131,286since 1917
Tamara over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,808 | 111 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,753 | 115 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,837 | 109 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,731 | 120 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,871 | 106 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,830 | 107 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,687 | 124 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,787 | 114 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,552 | 141 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,480 | 155 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,311 | 181 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,376 | 168 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,267 | 187 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,206 | 203 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,127 | 217 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,075 | 231 | — | |
| 2009 | #907 | 300 | — | |
| 2008 | #815 | 352 | — | |
| 2007 | #700 | 416 | — | |
| 2006 | #680 | 416 | — | |
| 2005 | #638 | 438 | — | |
| 2004 | #568 | 503 | — | |
| 2003 | #499 | 575 | — | |
| 2002 | #373 | 797 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #447 | 623 | — | |
| 2000 | #417 | 681 | — | |
| 1999 | #382 | 750 | — | |
| 1998 | #335 | 879 | — | |
| 1997 | #316 | 933 | — | |
| 1996 | #288 | 1,004 | — | |
| 1995 | #258 | 1,070 | — | |
| 1994 | #244 | 1,131 | — | |
| 1993 | #269 | 1,020 | — | |
| 1992 | #223 | 1,265 | — | |
| 1991 | #227 | 1,262 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #208 | 1,381 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #187 | 1,486 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #183 | 1,531 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #160 | 1,735 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #134 | 2,101 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #148 | 1,991 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #124 | 2,289 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #131 | 2,280 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #129 | 2,361 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #115 | 2,653 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #108 | 2,808 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #104 | 2,885 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #105 | 2,801 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #93 | 3,126 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #91 | 3,086 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #77 | 3,629 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #63 | 4,525 | #1,934 | 23 |
| 1973 | #66 | 4,286 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #84 | 3,531 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #80 | 4,486 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #79 | 4,721 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #78 | 4,652 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #80 | 4,308 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #86 | 4,000 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #98 | 3,482 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #104 | 3,562 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #108 | 3,807 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #111 | 3,980 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #119 | 3,822 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #125 | 3,728 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #124 | 3,665 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #121 | 3,799 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #127 | 3,412 | — | |
| 1957 | #191 | 1,846 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #323 | 728 | — | |
| 1955 | #329 | 670 | — | |
| 1954 | #328 | 664 | — | |
| 1953 | #344 | 583 | — | |
| 1952 | #358 | 531 | — | |
| 1951 | #376 | 471 | — | |
| 1950 | #406 | 387 | — | |
| 1949 | #418 | 352 | — | |
| 1948 | #440 | 324 | — | |
| 1947 | #421 | 373 | — | |
| 1946 | #441 | 306 | — | |
| 1945 | #526 | 194 | — | |
| 1944 | #519 | 193 | — | |
| 1943 | #581 | 168 | — | |
| 1942 | #647 | 133 | — | |
| 1941 | #584 | 143 | — | |
| 1940 | #516 | 179 | — | |
| 1939 | #868 | 65 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,031 | 48 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,282 | 32 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 31 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,356 | 29 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,723 | 20 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | — | |
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| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | — | |
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| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five girls were named Tamara! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1924, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tamara is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New Jersey#846 · 1 in 4,438
- Florida#1,055 · 1 in 6,197
- Georgia#1,358 · 1 in 7,535
- Pennsylvania#1,392 · 1 in 9,338
- Illinois#1,405 · 1 in 8,866
Best ever in a state: #22 in Utah, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #846 | 8 | 1 in 4,438 |
| Florida | #1,055 | 14 | 1 in 6,197 |
| Georgia | #1,358 | 6 | 1 in 7,535 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,392 | 5 | 1 in 9,338 |
| Illinois | #1,405 | 5 | 1 in 8,866 |
| California | #1,491 | 15 | 1 in 10,782 |
| New York | #1,654 | 7 | 1 in 11,190 |
| Texas | #2,038 | 10 | 1 in 16,054 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 55 spots since 2024 (#1,753 → #1,808)
- 22 spots since 2020 (#1,830 → #1,808)
- 497 spots since 2015 (#1,311 → #1,808)
- Biggest jump: 352 spots in 1940
- Biggest drop: 168 spots in 2010
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1974 at #63 (4,525 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 12 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 12 yrs · run 1966–1977
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1939–2009
Share of babies · girls
1 in 324
- Highest: 1 in 324 girls born in 1974 were named Tamara (0.31%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,480 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 29.7% of all girls named Tamara (39,006) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,083 (1917) | #4,083 |
| 1920s | 30 | #3,164 (1928) | #3,702 |
| 1930s | 292 | #868 (1939) | #1,609 |
| 1940s | 2,365 | #418 (1949) | #509 |
| 1950s | 13,091 | #121 (1959) | #290 |
| 1960s | 39,006 | #78 (1969) | #103 |
| 1970s | 37,076 | #63 (1974) | #84 |
| 1980s | 21,235 | #108 (1980) | #142 |
| 1990s | 10,695 | #208 (1990) | #275 |
| 2000s | 5,101 | #373 (2002) | #604 |
| 2010s | 1,721 | #1,075 (2010) | #1,387 |
| 2020s | 668 | #1,731 (2022) | #1,805 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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