Tamara
#1,808 for girls in 2025, 111 births · Last seen for boys in 2002 at #10,667
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 4,525 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 12 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 131,286since 1917
Tamara over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #1,808 | 111 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,753 | 115 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,837 | 109 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,731 | 120 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,871 | 106 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,830 | 107 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,687 | 124 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,787 | 114 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,552 | 141 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,480 | 155 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,311 | 181 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,376 | 168 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,267 | 187 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,206 | 203 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,127 | 217 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,075 | 231 | — | |
| 2009 | #907 | 300 | — | |
| 2008 | #815 | 352 | — | |
| 2007 | #700 | 416 | — | |
| 2006 | #680 | 416 | — | |
| 2005 | #638 | 438 | — | |
| 2004 | #568 | 503 | — | |
| 2003 | #499 | 575 | — | |
| 2002 | #373 | 797 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #447 | 623 | — | |
| 2000 | #417 | 681 | — | |
| 1999 | #382 | 750 | — | |
| 1998 | #335 | 879 | — | |
| 1997 | #316 | 933 | — | |
| 1996 | #288 | 1,004 | — | |
| 1995 | #258 | 1,070 | — | |
| 1994 | #244 | 1,131 | — | |
| 1993 | #269 | 1,020 | — | |
| 1992 | #223 | 1,265 | — | |
| 1991 | #227 | 1,262 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #208 | 1,381 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #187 | 1,486 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #183 | 1,531 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #160 | 1,735 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #134 | 2,101 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #148 | 1,991 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #124 | 2,289 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #131 | 2,280 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #129 | 2,361 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #115 | 2,653 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #108 | 2,808 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #104 | 2,885 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #105 | 2,801 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #93 | 3,126 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #91 | 3,086 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #77 | 3,629 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #63 | 4,525 | #1,934 | 23 |
| 1973 | #66 | 4,286 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #84 | 3,531 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #80 | 4,486 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #79 | 4,721 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #78 | 4,652 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #80 | 4,308 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #86 | 4,000 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #98 | 3,482 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #104 | 3,562 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #108 | 3,807 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #111 | 3,980 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #119 | 3,822 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #125 | 3,728 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #124 | 3,665 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #121 | 3,799 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #127 | 3,412 | — | |
| 1957 | #191 | 1,846 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #323 | 728 | — | |
| 1955 | #329 | 670 | — | |
| 1954 | #328 | 664 | — | |
| 1953 | #344 | 583 | — | |
| 1952 | #358 | 531 | — | |
| 1951 | #376 | 471 | — | |
| 1950 | #406 | 387 | — | |
| 1949 | #418 | 352 | — | |
| 1948 | #440 | 324 | — | |
| 1947 | #421 | 373 | — | |
| 1946 | #441 | 306 | — | |
| 1945 | #526 | 194 | — | |
| 1944 | #519 | 193 | — | |
| 1943 | #581 | 168 | — | |
| 1942 | #647 | 133 | — | |
| 1941 | #584 | 143 | — | |
| 1940 | #516 | 179 | — | |
| 1939 | #868 | 65 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,031 | 48 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,282 | 32 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 31 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,356 | 29 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,723 | 20 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | — | |
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| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | — | |
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| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tamara! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1924, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Tamara
- 55 spots since 2024 (#1,753 → #1,808)
- 22 spots since 2020 (#1,830 → #1,808)
- 497 spots since 2015 (#1,311 → #1,808)
- Biggest jump: 352 spots in 1940 (#868 → #516)
- Biggest drop: 168 spots in 2010 (#907 → #1,075)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1974 at #63 (4,525 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 12 yrs · run 1966–1977
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1939–2009
- Highest: 1 in 324 girls born in 1974 were named Tamara (0.31%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,480 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 29.7% of all girls named Tamara (39,006) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,083 (1917) | #4,083 |
| 1920s | 30 | #3,164 (1928) | #3,702 |
| 1930s | 292 | #868 (1939) | #1,609 |
| 1940s | 2,365 | #418 (1949) | #509 |
| 1950s | 13,091 | #121 (1959) | #290 |
| 1960s | 39,006 | #78 (1969) | #103 |
| 1970s | 37,076 | #63 (1974) | #84 |
| 1980s | 21,235 | #108 (1980) | #142 |
| 1990s | 10,695 | #208 (1990) | #275 |
| 2000s | 5,101 | #373 (2002) | #604 |
| 2010s | 1,721 | #1,075 (2010) | #1,387 |
| 2020s | 668 | #1,731 (2022) | #1,805 |
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.
Tamara in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 402 of them was named Tamara, which outranked 99.3% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 91,845 of them was named Tamara, which outranked 61.3% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,361Unknown18
- #2,361Webster18
- #2,361Willam18
- #2,450Tamara17
- #2,450Alexandros17
- #2,450Alvie17
- #2,450Americo17
- #2,540Agapito16
- #2,540Alaric16
- #2,540Alicia16
Tied with 89 names at #2,450; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.