Tamberly — girls' name
230 babies named Tamberly in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Tamberly was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Tamberly in 1966 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamberly
The Social Security Administration has registered 230 babies named Tamberly between 1957 and 1977, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamberly currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamberly performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tamberly shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tamberly in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamberly 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 230 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.
Tamberly at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamberly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1957
- Peak year (1966)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
230 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1966 with 24 births in a single year.
Tamberly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 144 births that decade — 63% of Tamberly's all-time total
Tamberly decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Tamberly's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Tamberly by state
Where Tamberly concentrates geographically — total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 230 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1957–1977 (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.