Tomara — girls' name
400 babies named Tomara in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
400 girls have been named Tomara since 1963, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2009.
- 400
- total births
- 1963–2009
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Tomara was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Tomara in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tomara
The Social Security Administration has registered 400 babies named Tomara between 1963 and 2009, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tomara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tomara performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tomara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tomara in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tomara 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 400 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.
Tomara at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tomara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1963
- Peak year (1975)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
400 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 27 births in a single year.
Tomara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 171 births that decade — 43% of Tomara's all-time total
Tomara decade highlights
- Peak decade 171 births
- Runner-up 107 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tomara's strongest decade
171 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Tomara by state
Where Tomara concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 400 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 1.3% 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, 1963–2009 (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.