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 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 19,853 of them was named Tamar, which outranked 89.4% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,751Ryley90
- #1,751Taja90
- #1,751Zara90
- #1,762Tamar89
- #1,762Aidan89
- #1,762Alexsis89
- #1,762Angelic89
- #1,774Anabelle88
- #1,774Chelsy88
- #1,774Colby88
Tied with 11 names at #1,762; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 59,730 of them was named Tamar, which outranked 77.0% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,552Tyvon33
- #2,552Zahir33
- #2,552Zakkary33
- #2,599Tamar32
- #2,599Aarron32
- #2,599Ajani32
- #2,599Arlen32
- #2,651Ahmir31
- #2,651Amadou31
- #2,651Armondo31
Tied with 51 names at #2,599; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.