Girls' name · since 1958
Tamorah
Since 1958, U.S. Social Security records show 80 babies named Tamorah, peaking in 1961. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,679 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
80 girls have been named Tamorah since 1958, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tamorah has 80 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2009.
- #29,679 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1958
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tamorah ranks #29,679 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1958, peaking in the 1960s.
- #29,679 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tamorah's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tamorah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tamorah's SSA record in two at 1963 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1959, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1961 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tamorah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2009
- Peak year (1961)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Tamorah by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (56 births, 70% of the file).
1960s was Tamorah's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Tamorah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1960s
1960s
56 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 56 births (70% of all-time use).
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What to do with Tamorah's data
- Tamorah's decade-level peak was the 1960s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Tamorah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1958–2009 (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 Tamorah 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.