Tamra
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539 · Last seen for boys in 1968 at #4,136
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 824 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,710since 1937
Tamra over time
Rank among girls' names. Tamra has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,071 | 50 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,819 | 53 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,256 | 42 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,740 | 53 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,438 | 59 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,221 | 64 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,360 | 56 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,840 | 79 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,542 | 99 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,535 | 101 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,708 | 87 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,345 | 124 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,257 | 134 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,180 | 145 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,106 | 151 | — | |
| 1988 | #979 | 169 | — | |
| 1987 | #882 | 192 | — | |
| 1986 | #768 | 224 | — | |
| 1985 | #779 | 217 | — | |
| 1984 | #750 | 216 | — | |
| 1983 | #790 | 200 | — | |
| 1982 | #783 | 208 | — | |
| 1981 | #722 | 228 | — | |
| 1980 | #752 | 220 | — | |
| 1979 | #687 | 248 | — | |
| 1978 | #729 | 215 | — | |
| 1977 | #721 | 214 | — | |
| 1976 | #631 | 246 | — | |
| 1975 | #587 | 276 | — | |
| 1974 | #518 | 324 | — | |
| 1973 | #555 | 296 | — | |
| 1972 | #503 | 347 | — | |
| 1971 | #492 | 390 | — | |
| 1970 | #423 | 524 | — | |
| 1969 | #399 | 567 | — | |
| 1968 | #446 | 458 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #469 | 407 | — | |
| 1966 | #457 | 424 | — | |
| 1965 | #478 | 394 | — | |
| 1964 | #450 | 472 | — | |
| 1963 | #432 | 506 | — | |
| 1962 | #450 | 453 | — | |
| 1961 | #441 | 493 | — | |
| 1960 | #403 | 565 | — | |
| 1959 | #327 | 824 | — | |
| 1958 | #378 | 587 | — | |
| 1957 | #625 | 244 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,129 | 84 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,209 | 69 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,140 | 75 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 59 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,210 | 62 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,277 | 53 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,236 | 54 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,313 | 49 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,630 | 26 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,170 | 39 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
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| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tamra! It came in at #3,800, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1938, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tamra is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oregon#150 · 1 in 655
- South Dakota#152 · 1 in 580
- Utah#164 · 1 in 645
- North Dakota#167 · 1 in 681
- Kansas#225 · 1 in 1,062
Best ever in a state: #81 in Utah, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #150 | 20 | 1 in 655 |
| South Dakota | #152 | 7 | 1 in 580 |
| Utah | #164 | 14 | 1 in 645 |
| North Dakota | #167 | 6 | 1 in 681 |
| Kansas | #225 | 13 | 1 in 1,062 |
| Idaho | #228 | 5 | 1 in 880 |
| Washington | #231 | 21 | 1 in 1,120 |
| Oklahoma | #238 | 14 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Iowa | #240 | 14 | 1 in 1,436 |
| Minnesota | #265 | 15 | 1 in 1,874 |
| West Virginia | #265 | 7 | 1 in 1,741 |
| Wisconsin | #303 | 13 | 1 in 2,505 |
| New Mexico | #327 | 5 | 1 in 1,531 |
| Arizona | #367 | 7 | 1 in 1,846 |
| Indiana | #371 | 13 | 1 in 3,061 |
| Missouri | #373 | 11 | 1 in 2,989 |
| Michigan | #381 | 22 | 1 in 3,157 |
| California | #387 | 65 | 1 in 2,366 |
| Ohio | #391 | 25 | 1 in 3,304 |
| Colorado | #394 | 6 | 1 in 2,593 |
| Kentucky | #398 | 7 | 1 in 3,422 |
| Texas | #436 | 33 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Maryland | #439 | 7 | 1 in 3,612 |
| Virginia | #473 | 7 | 1 in 4,708 |
| Illinois | #475 | 21 | 1 in 3,984 |
| Florida | #516 | 10 | 1 in 4,225 |
| Georgia | #623 | 6 | 1 in 6,276 |
| Pennsylvania | #883 | 5 | 1 in 16,844 |
| New York | #915 | 11 | 1 in 12,385 |
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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.
See more about Tamra
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 504 spots in 1957 (#1,129 → #625)
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 1989 (#979 → #1,106)
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1959 at #327 (824 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1957–1988
- Highest: 1 in 2,456 girls born in 1959 were named Tamra (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 335,673 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 34.6% of all girls named Tamra (4,739) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 15 | #2,922 (1939) | #3,361 |
| 1940s | 331 | #1,170 (1940) | #1,553 |
| 1950s | 2,104 | #327 (1959) | #989 |
| 1960s | 4,739 | #399 (1969) | #443 |
| 1970s | 3,080 | #423 (1970) | #585 |
| 1980s | 2,025 | #722 (1981) | #831 |
| 1990s | 948 | #1,180 (1990) | #1,743 |
| 2000s | 373 | #2,740 (2000) | #4,370 |
| 2010s | 95 | #6,641 (2010) | #10,601 |
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.
Tamra in 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 3,582 of them was named Tamra, which outranked 94.6% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 347,595 of them was named Tamra, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 610 names at #4,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.