Girls' name · since 1968
Tamaira
278 babies named Tamaira in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,573 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 278
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tamaira is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 278 have been recorded since 1968.
Social Security Administration records show Tamaira recorded 278 times among girls since 1968, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2015.
- #16,573 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 278 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tamaira ranks #16,573 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 278 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,573 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 278
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tamaira's 278 recorded births place it above 77.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tamaira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tamaira splits its recorded history at 1995: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tamaira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2015
- Peak year (1997)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Tamaira by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (106 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Tamaira's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Tamaira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 28
1960s
28 births
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
106 births
- 2000s
2000s
65 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 106 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Tamaira's decade-level peak was the 1990s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tamaira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tamaira draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.