Tamra
Tamra is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 327th, in 1959.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1959824 births
- Best rank
- #327in 1959
- Since 1937
- 13,710people given the name
The story in the numbers
13,710 girls have been named Tamra in the United States since 1937, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 824 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 824 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1960s alone account for 35%. It has spent 32 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Tamra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 15 | |
| 1940s | 331 | |
| 1950s | 2,104 | |
| 1960s | 4,739 | |
| 1970s | 3,080 | |
| 1980s | 2,025 | |
| 1990s | 948 | |
| 2000s | 373 | |
| 2010s | 95 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Tamra was the 327th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1959 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Tamra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Juliepeak 1958
- Reneapeak 1964
- Feleciapeak 1963
- Danitapeak 1961
- Renitapeak 1960
- Denitapeak 1966
- Julipeak 1961
- Terisapeak 1968
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.