Tambra

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #12,426

Peak · girls
1958 · 126 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,817
since 1952

Tambra over time

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Rank among girls' names. Tambra has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #916, 1958girls
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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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1998#12,4266
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1996#13,5185
1995#8,7669
1994#8,12210
1993#7,49811
1992#5,71816
1991#5,18118
1990#5,28617
1989#6,16013
1988#4,30820
1987#3,42426
1986#3,45925
1985#3,41925
1984#3,52723
1983#3,43123
1982#2,53237
1981#3,43624
1980#3,50623
1979#2,93129
1978#3,28323
1977#3,48621
1976#2,60230
1975#2,56530
1974#2,39632
1973#1,85745
1972#2,02239
1971#1,73052
1970#1,57061
1969#1,40268
1968#1,21081
1967#1,14286
1966#1,41660
1965#1,13587
1964#1,26576
1963#1,21182
1962#1,081100
1961#1,16290
1960#1,09796
1959#1,013109
1958#916126
1957#1,58846
1956#5,3256
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First appearance
1952

The first year at least five girls were named Tambra! It came in at #5,563, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1952–1953, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Tambra
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
  • Biggest jump: 672 spots in 1958 (#1,588#916)
  • Biggest drop: 97 spots in 1959 (#916#1,013)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1952
  • Peaked 1958 at #916 (126 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1958
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,965
  • Highest: 1 in 15,965 girls born in 1958 were named Tambra (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 294,492 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 45.5% of all girls named Tambra (826) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s298#916 (1958)#3,259
1960s826#1,081 (1962)#1,212
1970s362#1,570 (1970)#2,444
1980s239#2,532 (1982)#3,720
1990s92#5,181 (1991)#8,314

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.

Tambra in 1957

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#1,588
46 births · 1 in 44,453 girls

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #1,588Tambra46
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 44,453 of them was named Tambra, which outranked 77.4% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tambra
  1. #1,570Sherre47
  2. #1,570Shirleen47
  3. #1,570Zandra47
  4. #1,588Tambra46
  5. #1,588Adelaide46
  6. #1,588Agatha46
  7. #1,588Alethea46
  8. #1,612Ardith45
  9. #1,612Augustine45
  10. #1,612Barbie45

Tied with 23 names at #1,588; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1957