Tamari
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- tah-MAR-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Tamari is a name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Tamari mean?
Hebrew: probably a variant of Tamar, though US use may be a modern coinage
Tamari is the Georgian form of Tamar, the name of Georgia's celebrated medieval queen.
Is Tamari a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Tamari has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Tamari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Tamari, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965. 9 boys were also named Tamari in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Tamari in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 55% of the babies named Tamari in the US were girls.
Tamari in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
Names like Tamari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nyomi, Sarahi, Kiyomi, Amari, Hadassah, Zuri, Anahi, Ari, Taliyah, Remi, Nayeli, Yaretzi
Names related to Tamari
Tamara, Tamir, Tamar, Tamera, Tamira, Tamyra, Tamer, Thamara
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Tamari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tamari, updated 20 October 2026.