Tamir

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799 · #1,808 for boys in 2025, 88 births
Given to boys 97.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2020 · 113 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,401
since 1971

Tamir over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Tamir has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,80888
2024—#1,83388
2023—#1,547113
2022—#1,665103
2021—#1,84184
2020—#1,499113
2019#13,7996#1,88679
2018—#1,74488
2017—#1,89776
2016#11,7818#2,06668
2015—#2,18962
2014—#2,88540
2013—#2,66844
2012—#2,95439
2011—#2,74843
2010—#2,63246
2009—#2,84742
2008—#2,29157
2007—#2,76543
2006—#2,34853
2005#10,9219#2,08159
2004—#2,02459
2003#15,7845#1,90661
2002—#1,94357
2001#12,0567#2,24945
2000#10,7458#1,92454
1999#10,3458#1,65564
1998#10,1228#1,52771
1997—#2,26037
1996—#2,67928
1995—#2,10239
1994—#3,32620
1993—#2,34732
1992—#2,12836
1991—#2,54427
1990—#2,43228
1989—#2,78422
1988—#2,30526
1987—#2,94217
1986—#3,88211
1985—#2,82817
1984—#2,29222
1983—#3,41112
1982—#2,70917
1981—#1,69534
1980—#2,28422
1979—#2,46519
1978—#2,06823
1977—#2,36119
1976—#2,11322
1975—#3,9418
1974—#2,94612
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1972—#3,9637
1971—#4,9075
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Tamir! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Tamir is popular in 2004

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedMINew York: #1,194 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 13,719 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #599 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,766 boysPANew Jersey: #460 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,652 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Tamir, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#460 · 1 in 3,652
  2. Pennsylvania#599 · 1 in 5,766
  3. New York#1,194 · 1 in 13,719

Best ever in a state: #306 in Pennsylvania, 1998.

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New Jersey#460131 in 3,652
Pennsylvania#599111 in 5,766
New York#1,19481 in 13,719
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Tamir
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 25 spots since 2024 (#1,833 → #1,808)
  • 309 spots since 2020 (#1,499 → #1,808)
  • 381 spots since 2015 (#2,189 → #1,808)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2020 at #1,499 (113 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
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 15,138
  • Highest: 1 in 15,138 boys born in 2023 were named Tamir (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,410 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #1,499 in 2020, was only 1 in 15,275 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 24.5% of all boys named Tamir (589) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s115#2,068 (1978)#3,096
1980s200#1,695 (1981)#2,713
1990s382#1,527 (1998)#2,300
2000s530#1,906 (2003)#2,238
2010s585#1,744 (2018)#2,367
2020s589#1,499 (2020)#1,699

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.

Tamir in 2004

boys
#2,024
59 births · 1 in 33,644 boys

Top boys' names in 2004

  1. #1Jacob27,911
  2. #2Michael25,470
  3. #3Joshua24,214
  4. #4Matthew22,882
  5. #5Ethan22,210
  6. #6Andrew21,717
  7. #7Daniel21,018
  8. #8William20,237
  9. #9Joseph20,147
  10. #10Christopher19,636
  11. #2,024Tamir59
More about 2004

boys

1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 33,644 of them was named Tamir, which outranked 84.7% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tamir
  1. #1,989Treven60
  2. #1,989Umar60
  3. #1,989Wilber60
  4. #2,024Tamir59
  5. #2,024Aram59
  6. #2,024Cassidy59
  7. #2,024Dashiell59
  8. #2,051Arlo58
  9. #2,051Avant58
  10. #2,051Calen58

Tied with 26 names at #2,024; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,308Koda#2,238 → #930
  2. ↑ 1,190Tayshaun#2,153 → #963
  3. ↑ 1,006Kanye#1,492 → #486
  4. ↑ 910Kyan#1,497 → #587
  5. ↑ 814Jaidyn#1,630 → #816
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Jahiem#873 → #1,328
  2. ↓ 325Ervin#942 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 323Jahir#809 → #1,132
  4. ↓ 282Jaheim#457 → #739
  5. ↓ 270Sabastian#946 → #1,216

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2004 →