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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |