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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 397 babies (rank #117 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

3,018
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
397
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
1996397#117
1997341#137
1998297#156
1999217#200
2000175#236
2001136#281
2002120#304
200392#397
2004114#339
2005125#327
2006107#396
2007106#393
2008111#396
200975#535
201090#462
201194#456
201298#464
201378#540
201480#533
201586#506
201679#543