Girls' name · since 1973
Thamara
252 babies named Thamara in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,540 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,333 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 252
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
252 babies have been named Thamara since 1973, making it today's #15333 girls' name.
Thamara has 252 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15333 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #17,540 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,333 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 252 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thamara ranks #17,540 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,333 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 252 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,540 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,333 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 252
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Thamara's 252 recorded births place it above 75.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Thamara compares
252 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Thamara's all-time total is 33% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Thamara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 252 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Thamara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Thamara's full recorded timeline at 2003, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Thamara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Thamara by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (103 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Thamara's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Thamara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
103 births
- 2010s 40
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 103 births (41% of all-time use).
Thamara by state
Where Thamara concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 4.4% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 2.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 2.0% |
11 of 252 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Thamara's data
- Thamara's decade-level peak was the 2000s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Thamaras (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Thamara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Thamara 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.