Tamera

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births

Peak · girls
1959 · 614 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,282
since 1940

Tamera over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tamera has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #381, 1959girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,54617
2024#7,25115
2023#4,99926
2022#5,79321
2021#5,57322
2020#5,85020
2019#3,92337
2018#4,14434
2017#4,47731
2016#2,93457
2015#3,38947
2014#2,80961
2013#2,27981
2012#2,59769
2011#3,01456
2010#2,69166
2009#3,18952
2008#2,80264
2007#2,21389
2006#2,28783
2005#1,894102
2004#1,90998
2003#1,526127
2002#1,432133
2001#1,523122
2000#1,176170
1999#910232
1998#818260
1997#820252
1996#737286
1995#754270
1994#1,032179
1993#2,04567
1992#2,15662
1991#1,70286
1990#1,76982
1989#1,80474
1988#1,44695
1987#1,222117
1986#1,042145
1985#1,066138
1984#1,028138
1983#968151
1982#950156
1981#884172
1980#875175
1979#974147
1978#883166
1977#726212
1976#823169
1975#660230
1974#668225
1973#634239
1972#599266
1971#525348
1970#492408
1969#455452
1968#449454
1967#426482
1966#414503
1965#425486
1964#402588
1963#396585
1962#404570
1961#402584
1960#408556
1959#381614
1958#449450
1957#611255
1956#1,28765
1955#1,59741
1954#1,39252
1953#1,54940
1952#1,68034
1951#1,70132
1950#1,76429
1949#1,80728
1948#2,41617
1947#2,04523
1946#2,48215
1945#2,74211
1944#2,02718
1943#1,90021
1942#3,4448
1941#3,0309
1940#2,29713
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First appearance
1940

The first year at least five girls were named Tamera! It came in at #2,297, and was given to 13 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1941–1942, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Tamera is popular in 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedAKMaine: #241 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,601 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedNHWashington: #298 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,898 girlsWAIdaho: #133 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 484 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #296 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,518 girlsMNIllinois: #486 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,902 girlsILWisconsin: #322 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,612 girlsWIMichigan: #311 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,627 girlsMINew York: #1,163 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 28,271 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedRIOregon: #228 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,266 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #214 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,175 girlsSDIowa: #246 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,719 girlsIAIndiana: #257 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,868 girlsINOhio: #301 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 2,485 girlsOHPennsylvania: #649 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 11,591 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #442 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 3,790 girlsCAUtah: #165 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 737 girlsUTColorado: #316 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,061 girlsCONebraska: #249 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,734 girlsNEMissouri: #313 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,783 girlsMOKentucky: #443 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,701 girlsKYWest Virginia: #367 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,221 girlsWVVirginia: #411 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,084 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedDEArizona: #383 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,340 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedNMKansas: #286 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,105 girlsKSArkansas: #389 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,987 girlsARTennessee: #365 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,331 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #515 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,152 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #513 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,369 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #429 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,553 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedMSAlabama: #601 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,197 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedHITexas: #623 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 6,237 girlsTXFlorida: #722 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,492 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#133 · 1 in 484
  2. Utah#165 · 1 in 737
  3. South Dakota#214 · 1 in 1,175
  4. Oregon#228 · 1 in 1,266
  5. Maine#241 · 1 in 1,601

Best ever in a state: #119 in Utah, 1967.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#133131 in 484
Utah#165141 in 737
South Dakota#21461 in 1,175
Oregon#228121 in 1,266
Maine#24161 in 1,601
Iowa#246161 in 1,719
Nebraska#24981 in 1,734
Indiana#257271 in 1,868
Kansas#286101 in 2,105
Minnesota#296151 in 2,518
Washington#298151 in 1,898
Ohio#301431 in 2,485
Michigan#311351 in 2,627
Missouri#313161 in 2,783
Colorado#31691 in 2,061
Wisconsin#322121 in 3,612
Tennessee#365111 in 3,331
West Virginia#36761 in 3,221
Arizona#38361 in 2,340
Arkansas#38961 in 2,987
Virginia#411101 in 4,084
Oklahoma#42961 in 3,553
California#442431 in 3,790
Kentucky#44371 in 4,701
Illinois#486181 in 5,902
South Carolina#51351 in 5,369
North Carolina#51581 in 6,152
Alabama#60151 in 7,197
Texas#623181 in 6,237
Pennsylvania#649101 in 11,591
Florida#72251 in 9,492
New York#1,16361 in 28,271
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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 Tamera
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 705 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #6,546)
  • 696 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #6,546)
  • 3,157 spots since 2015 (#3,389 → #6,546)
  • Biggest jump: 676 spots in 1957 (#1,287 → #611)
  • Biggest drop: 266 spots in 2000 (#910 → #1,176)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1940
  • Peaked 1959 at #381 (614 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1957–1983
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,223
  • Highest: 1 in 3,223 girls born in 1964 were named Tamera (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #381 in 1959, was only 1 in 3,296 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 36.8% of all girls named Tamera (5,260) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s163#1,807 (1949)#2,419
1950s1,612#381 (1959)#1,241
1960s5,260#396 (1963)#418
1970s2,410#492 (1970)#698
1980s1,361#875 (1980)#1,129
1990s1,776#737 (1996)#1,274
2000s1,040#1,176 (2000)#1,995
2010s539#2,279 (2013)#3,226
2020s121#4,999 (2023)#6,002

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.

Tamera in 1958

girls
#449
450 births · 1 in 4,470 girls

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #449Tamera450
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 4,470 of them was named Tamera, which outranked 93.6% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tamera
  1. #446Delia457
  2. #447Rosanne454
  3. #448Viola452
  4. #449Tamera450
  5. #450Lea446
  6. #451Bessie443
  7. #452Denice441
Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,133Brigitte#1,904 → #771
  2. ↑ 760Samantha#1,754 → #994
  3. ↑ 709Selena#1,388 → #679
  4. ↑ 672Tambra#1,588 → #916
  5. ↑ 570Bridgette#1,274 → #704
Fallers
  1. ↓ 312Sarita#970 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 311Beryl#910 → #1,221
  3. ↓ 309Sherree#827 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 275Winnie#965 → #1,240
  5. ↓ 236Jacalyn#975 → #1,211

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

See the top 100 for 1958 →