Tamra
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
Tamra is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tamra mean?
Hebrew
A female given name from Hebrew, a rare nonstandard spelling of Tamara.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Tamra a girl's or a boy's name?
Tamra is a girls' name.
How popular is Tamra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1959, with 824 girls. It first appears in the records in 1937.
Half of all the girls named Tamra in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tamra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,815 |
| 2001 | 42 | #3,252 |
| 2000 | 53 | #2,736 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,435 |
| 1998 | 64 | #2,218 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,357 |
| 1996 | 79 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 99 | #1,538 |
| 1994 | 101 | #1,531 |
| 1993 | 87 | #1,704 |
| 1992 | 124 | #1,342 |
| 1991 | 134 | #1,253 |
| 1990 | 145 | #1,176 |
| 1989 | 151 | #1,103 |
| 1988 | 169 | #979 |
| 1987 | 192 | #882 |
| 1986 | 224 | #768 |
| 1985 | 217 | #779 |
| 1984 | 216 | #750 |
| 1983 | 200 | #790 |
| 1982 | 208 | #783 |
| 1981 | 228 | #722 |
| 1980 | 220 | #752 |
| 1979 | 248 | #687 |
| 1978 | 215 | #729 |
| 1977 | 214 | #721 |
| 1976 | 246 | #631 |
| 1975 | 276 | #587 |
| 1974 | 324 | #518 |
| 1973 | 296 | #555 |
| 1972 | 347 | #503 |
| 1971 | 390 | #492 |
| 1970 | 524 | #423 |
| 1969 | 567 | #399 |
| 1968 | 458 | #446 |
| 1967 | 407 | #469 |
| 1966 | 424 | #457 |
| 1965 | 394 | #478 |
| 1964 | 472 | #450 |
| 1963 | 506 | #432 |
| 1962 | 453 | #450 |
| 1961 | 493 | #441 |
| 1960 | 565 | #403 |
| 1959 | 824 | #327 |
| 1958 | 587 | #378 |
| 1957 | 244 | #624 |
| 1956 | 84 | #1,128 |
| 1955 | 69 | #1,208 |
| 1954 | 75 | #1,139 |
| 1953 | 59 | #1,260 |
| 1952 | 62 | #1,209 |
| 1951 | 53 | #1,276 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,332 |
| 1949 | 54 | #1,235 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,312 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,376 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,722 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,742 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,697 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,624 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,170 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
Names like Tamra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lisa Tara Rebecca Jana Michelle Jessica Ana Melissa Tamara Sara Samantha Jamie
Names related to Tamra
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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, “Tamra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tamra, updated 20 October 2026.