Tamura — girls' name
193 babies named Tamura in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Tamura was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Tamura in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamura
The Social Security Administration has registered 193 babies named Tamura between 1958 and 1984, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamura currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamura performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tamura shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tamura in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamura 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 193 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.
Tamura at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamura popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1958
- Peak year (1974)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
193 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 23 births in a single year.
Tamura by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 101 births that decade — 52% of Tamura's all-time total
Tamura decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tamura's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Tamura by state
Where Tamura concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 14.5% |
28 of 193 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 14.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.5% 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, 1958–1984 (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.