Tamara — #1752 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Tamara

The Social Security Administration has registered 131,170 babies named Tamara between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamara currently holds the #1752 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 4,721 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamara performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 39,006 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Tamara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15,969 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Tamara in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tamara in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 131,170 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.