Tamra
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539 · Last seen for boys in 1968 at #4,136
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 824 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,710since 1937
Tamra over time
Rank among girls' names. Tamra has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,071 | 50 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,819 | 53 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,256 | 42 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,740 | 53 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,438 | 59 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,221 | 64 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,360 | 56 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,840 | 79 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,542 | 99 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,535 | 101 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,708 | 87 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,345 | 124 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,257 | 134 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,180 | 145 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,106 | 151 | — | |
| 1988 | #979 | 169 | — | |
| 1987 | #882 | 192 | — | |
| 1986 | #768 | 224 | — | |
| 1985 | #779 | 217 | — | |
| 1984 | #750 | 216 | — | |
| 1983 | #790 | 200 | — | |
| 1982 | #783 | 208 | — | |
| 1981 | #722 | 228 | — | |
| 1980 | #752 | 220 | — | |
| 1979 | #687 | 248 | — | |
| 1978 | #729 | 215 | — | |
| 1977 | #721 | 214 | — | |
| 1976 | #631 | 246 | — | |
| 1975 | #587 | 276 | — | |
| 1974 | #518 | 324 | — | |
| 1973 | #555 | 296 | — | |
| 1972 | #503 | 347 | — | |
| 1971 | #492 | 390 | — | |
| 1970 | #423 | 524 | — | |
| 1969 | #399 | 567 | — | |
| 1968 | #446 | 458 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #469 | 407 | — | |
| 1966 | #457 | 424 | — | |
| 1965 | #478 | 394 | — | |
| 1964 | #450 | 472 | — | |
| 1963 | #432 | 506 | — | |
| 1962 | #450 | 453 | — | |
| 1961 | #441 | 493 | — | |
| 1960 | #403 | 565 | — | |
| 1959 | #327 | 824 | — | |
| 1958 | #378 | 587 | — | |
| 1957 | #625 | 244 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,129 | 84 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,209 | 69 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,140 | 75 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 59 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,210 | 62 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,277 | 53 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,236 | 54 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,313 | 49 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,630 | 26 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,170 | 39 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
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| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tamra! It came in at #3,800, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1938, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tamra is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Minnesota#424 · 1 in 6,500
- Illinois#571 · 1 in 9,534
- California#900 · 1 in 16,174
Best ever in a state: #81 in Utah, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #424 | 5 | 1 in 6,500 |
| Illinois | #571 | 9 | 1 in 9,534 |
| California | #900 | 7 | 1 in 16,174 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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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 Tamra
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 504 spots in 1957 (#1,129 → #625)
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 1989 (#979 → #1,106)
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1959 at #327 (824 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1957–1988
- Highest: 1 in 2,456 girls born in 1959 were named Tamra (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 335,673 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 34.6% of all girls named Tamra (4,739) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 15 | #2,922 (1939) | #3,361 |
| 1940s | 331 | #1,170 (1940) | #1,553 |
| 1950s | 2,104 | #327 (1959) | #989 |
| 1960s | 4,739 | #399 (1969) | #443 |
| 1970s | 3,080 | #423 (1970) | #585 |
| 1980s | 2,025 | #722 (1981) | #831 |
| 1990s | 948 | #1,180 (1990) | #1,743 |
| 2000s | 373 | #2,740 (2000) | #4,370 |
| 2010s | 95 | #6,641 (2010) | #10,601 |
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.
Tamra in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 31,683 of them was named Tamra, which outranked 79.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,220Sherlyn55
- #1,220Willene55
- #1,220Willia55
- #1,236Tamra54
- #1,236Dovie54
- #1,236Florene54
- #1,236Fredia54
- #1,251Billy53
- #1,251Carma53
- #1,251Charity53
Tied with 14 names at #1,236; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.