Unisex name · since 1979
Thamar
85 babies named Thamar in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,029 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
85 girls have been named Thamar since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Thamar has 85 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2014.
- #29,029 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 85 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thamar ranks #29,029 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 85 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #29,029 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Thamar's 85 recorded births place it above 59.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thamar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Thamar splits its recorded history at 1992: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Thamar popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2014
- Peak year (1998)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Thamar popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1982 (Thamar as boys' name)
Thamar by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (37 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Thamar's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Thamar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 37 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Thamar's data
- Thamar's decade-level peak was the 1990s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Thamar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1979–2014 (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 Thamar 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.