Tamer
- Last seen for girls in 1925 at #4,426
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to boys 96.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 799since 1972
Tamer over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Tamer has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,157 | 11 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,983 | 18 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,582 | 21 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,793 | 27 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,001 | 24 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,710 | 25 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,158 | 31 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,815 | 16 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,502 | 17 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,480 | 22 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,413 | 15 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,160 | 23 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,107 | 23 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,020 | 23 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,030 | 23 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,943 | 23 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,695 | 24 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,325 | 17 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,079 | 17 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,710 | 18 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,613 | 18 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,910 | 14 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
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| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
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| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | — | |
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| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Tamer! It came in at #3,152, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2022–2024, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tamer is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Tamer in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Tamer
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,956 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #10,695)
- 1,951 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1982 at #2,518 (19 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 64,032
- Highest: 1 in 64,032 boys born in 2004 were named Tamer (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,518 in 1982, was only 1 in 95,497 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 26.8% of all boys named Tamer (214) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 96 | #2,826 (1976) | #3,146 |
| 1980s | 151 | #2,518 (1982) | #3,153 |
| 1990s | 203 | #2,695 (1990) | #3,423 |
| 2000s | 214 | #3,158 (2004) | #4,237 |
| 2010s | 108 | #4,983 (2011) | #7,732 |
| 2020s | 27 | #8,739 (2020) | #10,125 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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