Girls' name · peaked in 1974
Tamara name popularity since 1925
131,697 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tamara. Half of them were born in 1972 or earlier, so the typical Tamara is about 54 years old in 2026. Tamara peaked in 1974 as the #64 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 131,697
- Named Tamara, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,816 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 131,280 girls · 417 boys
- Most popular in
- South Dakota
- 2.04× its national share
Peak year is the year Tamara made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Tamara births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1970. Measured as a share of all babies, Tamara peaked in 1974.
- Fastest rise: Between 1954 and 1959, Tamara became 5.5× more common, from 1 in 2,920 baby girls to 1 in 533.
- Steepest fall: Between 2002 and 2007, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 2,250 to 1 in 4,620.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Tamara's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tamara.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tamara in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 30 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 292 | 0 | #1,379 |
| 1940s | 2,365 | 0 | #528 |
| 1950s | 13,091 | 14 | #329 |
| 1960s | 39,006 | 110 | #104 |
| 1970s | 37,076 | 164 | #77 |
| 1980s | 21,235 | 109 | #148 |
| 1990s | 10,695 | 15 | #258 |
| 2000s | 5,101 | 5 | #639 |
| 2010s | 1,721 | 0 | #1,315 |
| 2020–25 | 668 | 0 | #1,816 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
45.7% of babies named Tamara from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Tamara is most popular
The index compares Tamara's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Tamara.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 2.04× | 848 |
| Idaho | 1.85× | 957 |
| Oregon | 1.83× | 2,233 |
| Alaska | 1.79× | 347 |
| Indiana | 1.73× | 5,322 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Tamara and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Tamara (this page) | 131,280 | 1974 |
| Tamera | 14,282 | 1964 |
| Tammara | 2,507 | 1968 |
| Tamyra | 2,274 | 2003 |
| Tamira | 2,158 | 1999 |
| Tamarah | 1,326 | 1978 |
| Tamarra | 1,220 | 1977 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tamara's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tamara.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tamara (1974).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data