Tamer

Gender: Boy
Say it: TAH-mer
Origin: Arabic
US rank, 2025: #10,690 for boys

Tamer is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “rich in dates”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).

What does Tamer mean?

Arabic: Arabic tamir 'rich in dates'; also used by Turkish families

“rich in dates”

From the Arabic word tamir, someone rich in dates; also used as a given name in Turkey.

Is Tamer a girl's or a boy's name?

Tamer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tamer in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 10 boys.

Half of all the boys named Tamer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 10 in 20042022

Tamer in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2022	3	#5,017
2021	0	–
2020	0	–
2019	0	–
2018	1	#6,277
2017	0	–
2016	3	#5,015
2015	4	#4,086
2014	7	#2,843
2013	5	#3,466
2012	3	#4,999
2011	1	#6,218
2010	6	#3,092
2009	7	#2,679
2008	9	#2,212
2007	6	#2,873
2006	0	–
2005	7	#2,292
2004	10	#1,688
2003	0	–
2002	0	–
2001	5	#2,326
2000	5	#2,237
1999	1	#3,925
1998	5	#2,170
1997	0	–
1996	5	#2,094

How popular is Tamer in the US?

Rank in 2025: #10,690among boys
Babies in 2025: 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Tamer, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.

Half of all the boys named Tamer in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1972Busiest: 31 in 20042025

Tamer in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	6	#10,690
2024	0	–
2023	5	#12,232
2022	0	–
2021	8	#8,820
2020	8	#8,734
2019	7	#9,750
2018	5	#12,150
2017	8	#8,835
2016	11	#7,152
2015	8	#8,739
2014	14	#5,993
2013	11	#7,021
2012	12	#6,620
2011	18	#4,981
2010	14	#6,032
2009	21	#4,580
2008	20	#4,710
2007	27	#3,791
2006	24	#3,998
2005	25	#3,706
2004	31	#3,154
2003	16	#4,810
2002	17	#4,496
2001	15	#4,884
2000	18	#4,198
1999	22	#3,475
1998	15	#4,409
1997	23	#3,155
1996	23	#3,102
1995	23	#3,015
1994	23	#3,024
1993	23	#2,937
1992	12	#4,556
1991	15	#3,806
1990	24	#2,689
1989	17	#3,319
1988	17	#3,074
1987	14	#3,334
1986	11	#3,878
1985	18	#2,708
1984	18	#2,612
1983	12	#3,410
1982	19	#2,517
1981	13	#3,219
1980	12	#3,429
1979	15	#2,896
1978	14	#2,928
1977	14	#2,909
1976	14	#2,825
1975	12	#3,076
1974	10	#3,316
1973	7	#4,052
1972	10	#3,150

Names like Tamer

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ahmed Muhammad Hamza Umar Abdullah Amir Mustafa Hassan Khalid Raheem Syed Musa

Names related to Tamer

Tamir Tomer Tamari

More Arabic names

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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, “Tamer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tamer, updated 20 October 2026.