Recorded 1964–2013 Boys' name Peak 2012 96 births

Tamas — boys' name

96 babies named Tamas in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s111980s121990s242000s302010s19
2000s
Peak decade

31% of everyone ever named Tamas was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

8 babies were named Tamas in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tamas

The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Tamas between 1964 and 2013, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tamas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamas performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tamas shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tamas 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 96 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.

Tamas at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

96

Since 1964

50 years of records

Peak year

2012

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1964

Recorded for 50 years

Last year on file: 2013

Tamas popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1964

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2012)
8
Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
456789 201320102007200519961994198919681964 6

Tamas by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
30 births that decade — 31% of Tamas's all-time total
1960s111980s121990s242000s302010s19

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tamas?
96 babies have been named Tamas since 1964. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2012 with 8 births.
When was Tamas most popular?
Tamas was most popular in the 2000s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Tamas been used?
Tamas has been recorded in Social Security data since 1964, spanning 50 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Tamas?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tamir, Tammy, Tam, Tamar, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1964–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.