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

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Peak · girls
1959 · 824 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,710
since 1937

Tamra over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #327, 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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
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2020
2019#15,5395
2018#12,4647
2017
2016#12,8767
2015#10,14810
2014#8,05314
2013#10,23510
2012#11,2579
2011#8,19614
2010#6,64119
2009#8,45414
2008#6,55920
2007#4,47533
2006#4,57631
2005#4,70428
2004#3,07150
2003#3,04349
2002#2,81953
2001#3,25642
2000#2,74053
1999#2,43859
1998#2,22164
1997#2,36056
1996#1,84079
1995#1,54299
1994#1,535101
1993#1,70887
1992#1,345124
1991#1,257134
1990#1,180145
1989#1,106151
1988#979169
1987#882192
1986#768224
1985#779217
1984#750216
1983#790200
1982#783208
1981#722228
1980#752220
1979#687248
1978#729215
1977#721214
1976#631246
1975#587276
1974#518324
1973#555296
1972#503347
1971#492390
1970#423524
1969#399567
1968#446458#4,1365
1967#469407
1966#457424
1965#478394
1964#450472
1963#432506
1962#450453
1961#441493
1960#403565
1959#327824
1958#378587
1957#625244
1956#1,12984
1955#1,20969
1954#1,14075
1953#1,26159
1952#1,21062
1951#1,27753
1950#1,33347
1949#1,23654
1948#1,31349
1947#1,37745
1946#1,72327
1945#1,74323
1944#1,69824
1943#1,62527
1942#1,63026
1941#2,01817
1940#1,17039
1939#2,9229
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1937#3,8006
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First appearance
1937

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 1969

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedNHWashington: #233 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,158 girlsWAIdaho: #172 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 641 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #331 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,614 girlsMNIllinois: #436 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,391 girlsILWisconsin: #287 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,169 girlsWIMichigan: #291 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,887 girlsMINew York: #807 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 9,926 girlsNYMassachusetts: #448 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,695 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedRIOregon: #247 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,253 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #112 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 379 girlsSDIowa: #214 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,198 girlsIAIndiana: #299 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,948 girlsINOhio: #353 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 2,809 girlsOHPennsylvania: #552 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,439 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #365 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 2,160 girlsCAUtah: #117 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 448 girlsUTColorado: #345 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,040 girlsCONebraska: #220 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,121 girlsNEMissouri: #287 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,805 girlsMOKentucky: #501 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,936 girlsKYWest Virginia: #221 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,187 girlsWVVirginia: #452 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,172 girlsVAMaryland: #399 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,133 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedDEArizona: #358 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,919 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedNMKansas: #321 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,047 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedARTennessee: #510 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,064 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #468 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,426 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #346 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,243 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #235 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,111 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedMSAlabama: #529 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,359 girlsALGeorgia: #587 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,454 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tamra, so not publishedHITexas: #382 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 2,234 girlsTXFlorida: #441 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,170 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#112 · 1 in 379
  2. Utah#117 · 1 in 448
  3. Idaho#172 · 1 in 641
  4. Iowa#214 · 1 in 1,198
  5. Nebraska#220 · 1 in 1,121

Best ever in a state: #81 in Utah, 1958.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#112111 in 379
Utah#117211 in 448
Idaho#17271 in 641
Iowa#214171 in 1,198
Nebraska#22091 in 1,121
West Virginia#221101 in 1,187
Washington#233211 in 1,158
Oklahoma#235151 in 1,111
Oregon#247111 in 1,253
Missouri#287191 in 1,805
Wisconsin#287151 in 2,169
Michigan#291381 in 1,887
Indiana#299211 in 1,948
Kansas#32171 in 2,047
Minnesota#331111 in 2,614
Colorado#34581 in 2,040
South Carolina#34691 in 2,243
Ohio#353301 in 2,809
Arizona#35871 in 1,919
California#365741 in 2,160
Texas#382451 in 2,234
Maryland#39981 in 3,133
Illinois#436251 in 3,391
Florida#441141 in 3,170
Massachusetts#44891 in 4,695
Virginia#45281 in 4,172
North Carolina#46891 in 4,426
Kentucky#50151 in 4,936
Tennessee#51061 in 5,064
Alabama#52961 in 4,359
Pennsylvania#552131 in 6,439
Georgia#58771 in 5,454
New York#807141 in 9,926
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Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Louisiana
Maine
Mississippi
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Vermont
Wyoming

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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1937
  • Peaked 1959 at #327 (824 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 6 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 1957–1988
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,456
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 34.6% of all girls named Tamra (4,739) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s15#2,922 (1939)#3,361
1940s331#1,170 (1940)#1,553
1950s2,104#327 (1959)#989
1960s4,739#399 (1969)#443
1970s3,080#423 (1970)#585
1980s2,025#722 (1981)#831
1990s948#1,180 (1990)#1,743
2000s373#2,740 (2000)#4,370
2010s95#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 1969

girls
#399
567 births · 1 in 2,975 girls

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #399Tamra567
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 2,975 of them was named Tamra, which outranked 95.4% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tamra
  1. #395Kimberlee572
  2. #397Annie571
  3. #398Jan569
  4. #399Tamra567
  5. #400Geraldine566
  6. #401Francine565
  7. #401Georgia565
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,462Shani#2,126#664
  2. 1,203Julissa#2,164#961
  3. 1,133Chelsea#1,834#701
  4. 667Latasha#1,519#852
  5. 549Britt#1,519#970
Fallers
  1. 455Tamiko#552#1,007
  2. 345Alesia#697#1,042
  3. 324Vickey#966#1,290
  4. 308Bettina#746#1,054
  5. 293Cammie#846#1,139

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

See the top 100 for 1969