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Tamara Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Tamara?

The rare name Tamara was the 1,797th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Tamara, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #64 was reached in 1974.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1970 with 4,720 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Tamara was less than 5, most recently in 1926.

Approximately during the years 1929-1934, 1935-1940, 1942-1947, 1948-1959, and 1965-1969, the name Tamara took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1979-1993, 1994-1999, 2002-2005, 2006-2010, and 2015-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Tamara has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Tamara popularity headed?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

For a number of years, the name Tamara has been spiralling downward in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Tamara lately has dropped.

The name Tamara is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Tamara has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Tamara (Girl)Tamara (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 113 1,797 < 5 --
2017 141 1,557 < 5 --
2016 151 1,507 < 5 --
2015 179 1,325 < 5 --
2014 168 1,377 < 5 --
2013 187 1,272 < 5 --
2012 203 1,207 < 5 --
2011 216 1,137 < 5 --
2010 231 1,080 < 5 --
2009 300 908 < 5 --
2008 350 818 < 5 --
2007 416 700 < 5 --
2006 416 681 < 5 --
2005 437 639 < 5 --
2004 502 569 < 5 --
2003 575 498 < 5 --
2002 797 374 5 12,278
2001 623 447 < 5 --
2000 681 417 < 5 --
1999 750 383 < 5 --
1998 879 335 < 5 --
1997 933 315 < 5 --
1996 1,004 288 < 5 --
1995 1,070 258 < 5 --
1994 1,130 247 < 5 --
1993 1,020 269 < 5 --
1992 1,265 223 < 5 --
1991 1,262 226 6 8,120
1990 1,378 209 9 5,758
1989 1,485 187 13 4,241
1988 1,531 183 6 7,152
1987 1,735 160 7 6,010
1986 2,100 134 10 4,416
1985 1,991 148 16 3,057
1984 2,287 125 9 4,512
1983 2,279 131 13 3,393
1982 2,359 129 11 3,924
1981 2,651 115 11 3,822
1980 2,809 108 13 3,407
1979 2,885 104 19 2,553
1978 2,800 105 6 5,686
1977 3,125 93 19 2,450
1976 3,088 91 16 2,693
1975 3,628 77 17 2,530
1974 4,523 64 23 1,971
1973 4,286 66 19 2,210
1972 3,531 84 18 2,234
1971 4,485 80 15 2,540
1970 4,720 79 12 2,875
1969 4,652 78 13 2,534
1968 4,309 80 15 2,186
1967 4,001 86 10 2,754
1966 3,481 98 11 2,605
1965 3,563 104 18 1,908
1964 3,806 108 14 2,304
1963 3,981 111 9 3,028
1962 3,822 119 5 4,554
1961 3,731 125 7 3,624
1960 3,662 124 8 3,314
1959 3,798 121 9 3,021
1958 3,408 127 < 5 --
1957 1,846 191 5 4,485
1956 729 323 < 5 --
1955 670 329 < 5 --
1954 664 328 < 5 --
1953 582 346 < 5 --
1952 532 358 < 5 --
1951 471 376 < 5 --
1950 387 407 < 5 --
1949 352 419 < 5 --
1948 324 443 < 5 --
1947 374 421 < 5 --
1946 306 441 < 5 --
1945 194 526 < 5 --
1944 193 523 < 5 --
1943 168 582 < 5 --
1942 133 647 < 5 --
1941 143 587 < 5 --
1940 179 516 < 5 --
1939 65 877 < 5 --
1938 48 1,043 < 5 --
1937 32 1,300 < 5 --
1936 31 1,318 < 5 --
1935 29 1,379 < 5 --
1934 26 1,476 < 5 --
1933 20 1,765 < 5 --
1932 19 1,868 < 5 --
1931 12 2,570 < 5 --
1930 10 3,031 < 5 --
1929 6 4,508 < 5 --
1928 9 3,413 < 5 --
1927 8 3,836 < 5 --
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1925 7 4,385 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.