Tamara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ta-MAH-ra
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #945 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,808 for girls
Tamara is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “date palm”. In 2025 it ranked 945th for girls in the UK (39 babies) and 1,808th for girls in the US (111 babies).
What does Tamara mean?
Hebrew: Russian and Georgian form of Tamar
“date palm”
A form of the biblical Tamar; Queen Tamar ruled Georgia during its medieval golden age.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tamara a girl's or a boy's name?
Tamara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the UK and 111 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tamara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 945th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were named Tamara, making it the 945th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 862nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 430 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tamara in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 894th in England and Wales.
Tamara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #945 |
| 2024 | 37 | #996 |
| 2023 | 46 | #843 |
| 2022 | 47 | #824 |
| 2021 | 51 | #792 |
| 2020 | 45 | #862 |
| 2019 | 61 | #692 |
| 2018 | 49 | #832 |
| 2017 | 72 | #634 |
| 2016 | 83 | #558 |
| 2015 | 92 | #513 |
| 2014 | 88 | #536 |
| 2013 | 84 | #546 |
| 2012 | 103 | #473 |
| 2011 | 102 | #466 |
| 2010 | 94 | #485 |
| 2009 | 85 | #514 |
| 2008 | 118 | #410 |
| 2007 | 113 | #402 |
| 2006 | 118 | #387 |
| 2005 | 134 | #335 |
| 2004 | 118 | #360 |
| 2003 | 99 | #408 |
| 2002 | 134 | #306 |
| 2001 | 149 | #290 |
| 2000 | 196 | #240 |
| 1999 | 241 | #203 |
| 1998 | 336 | #156 |
| 1997 | 386 | #141 |
| 1996 | 430 | #117 |
How popular is Tamara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,808th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 111 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 111 girls in the US were named Tamara, making it the 1,808th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,830th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 4,721 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Tamara in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tamara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111 | #1,808 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,753 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,837 |
| 2022 | 120 | #1,731 |
| 2021 | 106 | #1,871 |
| 2020 | 107 | #1,830 |
| 2019 | 124 | #1,687 |
| 2018 | 114 | #1,787 |
| 2017 | 141 | #1,552 |
| 2016 | 155 | #1,480 |
| 2015 | 181 | #1,311 |
| 2014 | 168 | #1,376 |
| 2013 | 187 | #1,267 |
| 2012 | 203 | #1,206 |
| 2011 | 217 | #1,127 |
| 2010 | 231 | #1,075 |
| 2009 | 300 | #907 |
| 2008 | 352 | #815 |
| 2007 | 416 | #700 |
| 2006 | 416 | #680 |
| 2005 | 438 | #638 |
| 2004 | 503 | #568 |
| 2003 | 575 | #499 |
| 2002 | 797 | #373 |
| 2001 | 623 | #447 |
| 2000 | 681 | #417 |
| 1999 | 750 | #382 |
| 1998 | 879 | #335 |
| 1997 | 933 | #316 |
| 1996 | 1,004 | #288 |
| 1995 | 1,070 | #258 |
| 1994 | 1,131 | #244 |
| 1993 | 1,020 | #269 |
| 1992 | 1,265 | #223 |
| 1991 | 1,262 | #227 |
| 1990 | 1,381 | #208 |
| 1989 | 1,486 | #187 |
| 1988 | 1,531 | #183 |
| 1987 | 1,735 | #160 |
| 1986 | 2,101 | #134 |
| 1985 | 1,991 | #148 |
| 1984 | 2,289 | #124 |
| 1983 | 2,280 | #131 |
| 1982 | 2,361 | #129 |
| 1981 | 2,653 | #115 |
| 1980 | 2,808 | #108 |
| 1979 | 2,885 | #104 |
| 1978 | 2,801 | #105 |
| 1977 | 3,126 | #93 |
| 1976 | 3,086 | #91 |
| 1975 | 3,629 | #77 |
| 1974 | 4,525 | #63 |
| 1973 | 4,286 | #66 |
| 1972 | 3,531 | #84 |
| 1971 | 4,486 | #80 |
| 1970 | 4,721 | #79 |
| 1969 | 4,652 | #78 |
| 1968 | 4,308 | #80 |
| 1967 | 4,000 | #86 |
| 1966 | 3,482 | #98 |
| 1965 | 3,562 | #104 |
| 1964 | 3,807 | #108 |
| 1963 | 3,980 | #111 |
| 1962 | 3,822 | #119 |
| 1961 | 3,728 | #125 |
| 1960 | 3,665 | #124 |
| 1959 | 3,799 | #121 |
| 1958 | 3,412 | #127 |
| 1957 | 1,846 | #191 |
| 1956 | 728 | #323 |
| 1955 | 670 | #329 |
| 1954 | 664 | #328 |
| 1953 | 583 | #343 |
| 1952 | 531 | #357 |
| 1951 | 471 | #375 |
| 1950 | 387 | #405 |
| 1949 | 352 | #417 |
| 1948 | 324 | #440 |
| 1947 | 373 | #421 |
| 1946 | 306 | #441 |
| 1945 | 194 | #526 |
| 1944 | 193 | #519 |
| 1943 | 168 | #581 |
| 1942 | 133 | #647 |
| 1941 | 143 | #584 |
| 1940 | 179 | #516 |
| 1939 | 65 | #868 |
| 1938 | 48 | #1,031 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1936 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,356 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,440 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,723 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,816 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
Nicknames for Tamara
Names like Tamara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Francesca, Rebecca, Joanna, Melissa, Samantha, Tara, Lisa, Michaela, Tabitha, Maria, Alexandra
Names related to Tamara
Tamar, Tamira, Tamera, Tamarah, Tamarra, Tammara, Tamari, Tamyra, Thamara, Tamaria
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tamara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tamara, updated 20 October 2026.