Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tamara

#312 most common girls' name of all time · #577 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among girls
#312
Rank overall
#577 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
131,703
Since 2016
1,202
Peak year
1970 #79
Best rank
#64 1974
Girls Boys peak 4,733/yr
192019401960198020002020

Tamara first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 111 111 #1,809
2024 115 115 #1,762
2023 109 109 #1,840
2022 120 120 #1,736
2021 106 106 #1,875
2020 107 107 #1,832
2019 124 124 #1,690
2018 114 114 #1,793
2017 141 141 #1,553
2016 155 155 #1,482
2015 181 181 #1,314
2014 168 168 #1,377
2013 187 187 #1,271
2012 203 203 #1,207
2011 217 217 #1,129
2010 231 231 #1,078
2009 300 300 #907
2008 352 352 #816
2007 416 416 #700
2006 416 416 #680
2005 438 438 #638
2004 503 503 #568
2003 575 575 #499
2002 797 5 802 #373
2001 623 623 #447
2000 681 681 #417
1999 750 750 #382
1998 879 879 #335
1997 933 933 #316
1996 1,004 1,004 #288
1995 1,070 1,070 #258
1994 1,131 1,131 #245
1993 1,020 1,020 #269
1992 1,265 1,265 #223
1991 1,262 6 1,268 #227
1990 1,381 9 1,390 #209
1989 1,486 13 1,499 #187
1988 1,531 6 1,537 #183
1987 1,735 7 1,742 #160
1986 2,101 10 2,111 #134
1985 1,991 16 2,007 #148
1984 2,289 9 2,298 #124
1983 2,280 13 2,293 #131
1982 2,361 11 2,372 #129
1981 2,653 11 2,664 #115
1980 2,808 13 2,821 #108
1979 2,885 19 2,904 #104
1978 2,801 6 2,807 #105
1977 3,126 19 3,145 #93
1976 3,086 16 3,102 #91
1975 3,629 17 3,646 #77
1974 4,525 23 4,548 #64
1973 4,286 19 4,305 #66
1972 3,531 18 3,549 #84
1971 4,486 15 4,501 #80
1970 4,721 12 4,733 #79
1969 4,652 13 4,665 #78
1968 4,308 15 4,323 #80
1967 4,000 10 4,010 #86
1966 3,482 11 3,493 #98
1965 3,562 18 3,580 #104
1964 3,807 14 3,821 #108
1963 3,980 9 3,989 #111
1962 3,822 5 3,827 #119
1961 3,728 7 3,735 #125
1960 3,665 8 3,673 #124
1959 3,799 9 3,808 #121
1958 3,412 3,412 #127
1957 1,846 5 1,851 #191
1956 728 728 #323
1955 670 670 #329
1954 664 664 #328
1953 583 583 #345
1952 531 531 #359
1951 471 471 #376
1950 387 387 #407
1949 352 352 #419
1948 324 324 #443
1947 373 373 #422
1946 306 306 #441
1945 194 194 #527
1944 193 193 #523
1943 168 168 #582
1942 133 133 #647
1941 143 143 #587
1940 179 179 #516
1939 65 65 #876
1938 48 48 #1,043
1937 32 32 #1,301
1936 31 31 #1,317
1935 29 29 #1,378
1934 26 26 #1,478
1933 20 20 #1,766
1932 19 19 #1,872
1931 12 12 #2,567
1930 10 10 #3,027
1929 6 6 #4,430
1928 9 9 #3,388
1927 8 8 #3,825
1925 7 7 #4,340
1917 6 6 #4,580