Tamar
Tamar was the 2455th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 73 babies. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 1015th with 133 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 199 places. More babies were named Tamar in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,455 girls, up 365 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 73girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1977133 babies
- Total since 1880
- 7,044babies recorded
Tamar popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,455 | — | 73 | — |
| 2020 | #2,820 | #11,863 | 59 | 6 |
| 2010 | #2,723 | #4,508 | 66 | 22 |
| 2000 | #1,757 | #2,324 | 100 | 42 |
| 1990 | #1,753 | #3,154 | 84 | 20 |
| 1980 | #1,334 | #2,526 | 95 | 20 |
| 1970 | #1,328 | #4,190 | 80 | 7 |
| 1960 | #1,578 | — | 51 | — |
| 1950 | #2,523 | — | 17 | — |
| 1940 | #4,964 | — | 5 | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Tamar, counting every spelling?
Tamar has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Tamar?
73 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tamar (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tamar born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 115 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tamar.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tamar?
About 5,800 people born in the US named Tamar are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 19 and 49. That makes Tamar mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Tamar by state
How common Tamar was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (8.2×), New York (6.5×), Maryland (4.3×). In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Tamar
How popular is the name Tamar?
Tamar was the 2455th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 73 babies. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 1015th with 133 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 199 places. More babies were named Tamar in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Tamar a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tamar in the US.
Where is Tamar most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tamar was most common in New Jersey (0.36 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Maryland.