Tamera — #7280 US girls' name
14,263 babies named Tamera in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to girls today.
37% of everyone ever named Tamera was born in this single decade.
614 babies were named Tamera in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamera
The Social Security Administration has registered 14,263 babies named Tamera between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamera currently holds the #7280 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 614 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamera performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 5,260 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Tamera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,323 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Tamera in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamera 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 14,263 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.
Tamera at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Tamera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1940
- Peak year (1959)
- 614
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
Currently ranks #7280 among girls.
14,263 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 614 births in a single year.
Tamera by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 5,260 births that decade — 37% of Tamera's all-time total
Tamera decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,260 births
- Runner-up 2,410 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Tamera's strongest decade
5,260 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Tamera by state
Where Tamera concentrates geographically — total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,323 | 9.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 811 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 675 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 613 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 598 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 528 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Washington | | 375 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Florida | | 358 | 2.5% |
1,323 of 14,263 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.3% of nationwide
- Texas 5.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 44 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tamera appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1940–2024 (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.