Tamara

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Tamara is understood to mean "date", referring to the fruit of the date palm tree. In other words, the name carries the literal meaning of the sweet date fruit. This is not merely a coincidental interpretation as it is rooted in the Arabic language itself.

From Wikipedia

Tamara first appears in the data in 1974 and has been recorded in 27 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1988 with 249 babies (rank #45 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Tamara

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Tamara yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

4,352
Total babies (all years)
27
Years in the data
249
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
197443#111
1975182#64
1976239#49
1977169#69
1978205#58
1979157#77
1980168#68
1981180#68
1982193#65
1983189#61
1984166#72
1985189#59
1986227#50
1987214#53
1988249#45
1989222#49
1990100#95
1991217#48
1992220#52
1993241#48
1994221#55
1995181#68
1996129#81
199747#117
20142#851
20151#2,695
20161#2,610