Tamar
#2,438 for girls in 2025, 73 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #8,921
Given to girls 87.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 133 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,158since 1915
Tamar over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #2,438 | 73 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,362 | 77 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,517 | 70 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #2,510 | 71 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,608 | 66 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #2,779 | 59 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #2,729 | 62 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #2,508 | 70 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,635 | 66 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #2,247 | 85 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #2,236 | 84 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #2,010 | 98 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #1,866 | 108 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #2,115 | 90 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #2,274 | 82 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #2,691 | 66 | #4,366 | 22 |
| 2009 | #2,614 | 70 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #2,184 | 91 | #3,921 | 26 |
| 2007 | #2,198 | 90 | #4,011 | 25 |
| 2006 | #2,248 | 85 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #2,122 | 87 | #4,062 | 22 |
| 2004 | #2,067 | 88 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #1,733 | 109 | #3,186 | 29 |
| 2002 | #1,750 | 103 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #1,861 | 94 | #3,061 | 29 |
| 2000 | #1,744 | 100 | #2,298 | 42 |
| 1999 | #1,621 | 103 | #2,795 | 30 |
| 1998 | #1,762 | 89 | #2,599 | 32 |
| 1997 | #1,656 | 95 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #1,656 | 92 | #3,549 | 19 |
| 1995 | #1,614 | 92 | #3,020 | 23 |
| 1994 | #1,744 | 84 | #3,469 | 19 |
| 1993 | #1,801 | 81 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #1,565 | 99 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #1,752 | 82 | #3,224 | 19 |
| 1990 | #1,733 | 84 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #1,414 | 105 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #1,345 | 106 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | #1,446 | 90 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #1,420 | 90 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #1,149 | 124 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #1,112 | 124 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #1,090 | 126 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #1,131 | 124 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #1,145 | 119 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #1,328 | 95 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #1,051 | 132 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #1,141 | 112 | #2,068 | 23 |
| 1977 | #1,009 | 133 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #1,149 | 101 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1975 | #1,219 | 94 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #1,124 | 103 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #1,169 | 93 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #1,404 | 70 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #1,292 | 85 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,320 | 80 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #1,385 | 69 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,301 | 72 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,478 | 57 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,225 | 77 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,218 | 78 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,686 | 47 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,598 | 50 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,525 | 54 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,580 | 51 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,561 | 51 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,588 | 45 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,103 | 27 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
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| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
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| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Tamar! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Tamar
- 76 spots since 2024 (#2,362 → #2,438)
- 341 spots since 2020 (#2,779 → #2,438)
- 202 spots since 2015 (#2,236 → #2,438)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1977 at #1,009 (133 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,527 girls born in 1977 were named Tamar (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,017 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.9% of all girls named Tamar (1,103) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,274 (1915) | #4,274 |
| 1920s | 10 | #4,570 (1929) | #4,769 |
| 1930s | 41 | #3,145 (1939) | #3,940 |
| 1940s | 96 | #2,410 (1949) | #3,383 |
| 1950s | 249 | #1,588 (1958) | #2,227 |
| 1960s | 606 | #1,218 (1965) | #1,456 |
| 1970s | 1,003 | #1,009 (1977) | #1,188 |
| 1980s | 1,103 | #1,090 (1983) | #1,258 |
| 1990s | 901 | #1,565 (1992) | #1,690 |
| 2000s | 917 | #1,733 (2003) | #2,052 |
| 2010s | 811 | #1,866 (2013) | #2,331 |
| 2020s | 416 | #2,362 (2024) | #2,536 |
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.
Tamar in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 13,677 of them was named Tamar, which outranked 90.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,138Jesica113
- #1,138Kendall113
- #1,138Shawnte113
- #1,141Tamar112
- #1,141Adina112
- #1,141Alena112
- #1,141Antionette112
- #1,150Freda111
- #1,150Lily111
- #1,150Shenika111
Tied with 8 names at #1,141; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 71,384 of them was named Tamar, which outranked 69.4% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,012Torin24
- #2,012Trace24
- #2,012Yuri24
- #2,068Tamar23
- #2,068Anastacio23
- #2,068Antonie23
- #2,068Arian23
- #2,134Aden22
- #2,134Alphonse22
- #2,134Anastasios22
Tied with 65 names at #2,068; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.