Tamyra — girls' name
2,267 babies named Tamyra in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Tamyra was born in this single decade.
122 babies were named Tamyra in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamyra
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,267 babies named Tamyra between 1941 and 2023, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamyra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 122 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamyra performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 722 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Tamyra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 87 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Tamyra in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamyra 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 2,267 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.
Tamyra at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamyra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1941
- Peak year (2003)
- 122
- Annual births at peak — across 83 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
2,267 total births across 83 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 122 births in a single year.
Tamyra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 722 births that decade — 32% of Tamyra's all-time total
Tamyra decade highlights
- Peak decade 722 births
- Runner-up 327 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tamyra's strongest decade
722 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Tamyra by state
Where Tamyra concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 87 | 3.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 53 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 51 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Texas | | 49 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 45 | 2.0% |
| #6 | California | | 44 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 42 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 35 | 1.5% |
87 of 2,267 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 3.8% of nationwide
- Florida 2.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.2% of nationwide
- Texas 2.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 21 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tamyra appears in 21 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, 1941–2023 (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.