How rare is the name Tamara?

128,711 people in the United States have the first name Tamara, about 1 in 2,347. It ranks #439 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TAMARA

#439

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
128,711
About
1 in 2,347
This common or more
56%
Who bears it

Of the 128,711 people named Tamara, 69.1% reported their origin as White, 18.9% as Black and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tamara peaked in 1970, when 4,733 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172025
Peak year
1970
Births that year
4,733
In 2025*
111 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 131,703 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Tamara by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #166. The largest share of babies named Tamara, 45.7%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#10,9266
1920s#9,04330
1930s#2,499292
1940s#8972,365
1950s#42213,105
1960s#19939,116
1970s#16637,240
1980s#27921,344
1990s#53010,710
2000s#1,0715,106
2010s#2,4371,721
2020s#3,311668
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–451%
Baby boom 1946–6425.4%
Generation X 1965–8045.7%
Millennials 1981–9620.3%
Generation Z 1997–126.3%
2013 and later1.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Tamara is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tamara has been most common in South Dakota (1.9×), Alaska (1.9×), and Oregon (1.9×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.19×).

128,677 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Tamara

#437 Fred · 129,142#438 Addison · 128,866#440 Jackie · 128,298#441 Guadalupe · 128,245

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tamara, most common first.

#2,062 Tamera · 13,181#2,109 Tamra · 12,719#3,087 Tamar · 7,142#7,215 Tammara · 2,136#7,985 Tamyra · 1,845#8,331 Tamira · 1,745#10,453 Tamarah · 1,275#12,143 Tamarra · 1,034

Also a last name

As a last name, Tamara ranks #85,054 of 156,621, with 237 people. See Tamara as a last name

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