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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #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 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedNHWashington: #313 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,759 girlsWAIdaho: #190 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 695 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #200 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 879 girlsNDMinnesota: #267 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,849 girlsMNIllinois: #495 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,178 girlsILWisconsin: #386 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,742 girlsWIMichigan: #437 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,899 girlsMINew York: #811 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 9,427 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedRIOregon: #197 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 898 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedSDIowa: #286 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,899 girlsIAIndiana: #253 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,436 girlsINOhio: #467 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,693 girlsOHPennsylvania: #819 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,277 girlsPANew Jersey: #807 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,047 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #475 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 3,348 girlsCAUtah: #238 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,168 girlsUTColorado: #328 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,721 girlsCONebraska: #262 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,489 girlsNEMissouri: #391 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,224 girlsMOKentucky: #346 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,598 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedDEArizona: #295 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,358 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedNMKansas: #412 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,950 girlsKSArkansas: #255 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,362 girlsARTennessee: #580 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,298 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #434 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,808 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedMSAlabama: #529 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,517 girlsALGeorgia: #552 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,052 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tamera, so not publishedHITexas: #669 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,788 girlsTXFlorida: #874 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,521 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#190 · 1 in 695
  2. Oregon#197 · 1 in 898
  3. North Dakota#200 · 1 in 879
  4. Utah#238 · 1 in 1,168
  5. Indiana#253 · 1 in 1,436

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#19071 in 695
Oregon#197161 in 898
North Dakota#20051 in 879
Utah#23891 in 1,168
Indiana#253301 in 1,436
Arkansas#255101 in 1,362
Nebraska#26271 in 1,489
Minnesota#267161 in 1,849
Iowa#286111 in 1,899
Arizona#295111 in 1,358
Washington#313141 in 1,759
Colorado#328101 in 1,721
Kentucky#346101 in 2,598
Wisconsin#38691 in 3,742
Missouri#391111 in 3,224
Kansas#41251 in 2,950
North Carolina#434111 in 3,808
Michigan#437191 in 3,899
Ohio#467191 in 4,693
California#475491 in 3,348
Illinois#495211 in 4,178
Alabama#52961 in 4,517
Georgia#55281 in 5,052
Tennessee#58051 in 6,298
Texas#669181 in 5,788
New Jersey#80751 in 10,047
New York#811151 in 9,427
Pennsylvania#81971 in 12,277
Florida#87451 in 9,521
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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 1970

girls
#492
408 births · 1 in 4,285 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #492Tamera408
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 4,285 of them was named Tamera, which outranked 94.7% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tamera
  1. #489Amie409
  2. #489Carey409
  3. #489Katharine409
  4. #492Tamera408
  5. #493Danette407
  6. #493Deann407
  7. #495Terrie405
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 1,541Tanisha#2,515#974
  2. 1,194India#1,955#761
  3. 695Shay#1,648#953
  4. 685Terra#1,303#618
  5. 669Dyan#1,648#979
Fallers
  1. 385Cinnamon#698#1,083
  2. 306Kaye#932#1,238
  3. 303Luanne#990#1,293
  4. 273Laureen#845#1,118
  5. 273Lesia#965#1,238

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

See the top 100 for 1970