Tamara

Meaning: Date palm
Origin: Variant of Tamar (from Hebrew)

Nicknames: Tammy

Girl's name · #1816 in the US (2025) · Retro

Popularity over time

Tamara's best rank, #64, came in 1974; it has stepped well back to #1816 today. Roughly 131,000 girls have been named Tamara since 1917.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#11 in Slovakia (2025) · #87 in Hungary (2025) · #93 in Czechia (2025) · #247 in Austria (2025) · #250 in Mexico (2024) · #284 in Poland (2025) · #413 in Ecuador (2025) · #574 in Switzerland (2025) · #921 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,004 in Sweden (2025) · #1,105 in Ireland (2025) · #1,259 in France (2025) and 2 more.

Famous Tamaras

Tamara de Lempicka — Polish painter (1894-1980)
Tamara Karsavina — Russian ballet dancer
Tamara Todevska — Macedonian singer
Tamara Smirnova — Russian astronomer (1935–2001)
Tamara Press — Soviet track-and-field athlete (1937–2021)

In stories & tradition

Tamara Johansen — Stargate Universe (TV series)
Tamara Kingsley — Home and Away (TV series)
Tamara — Dungeons & Dragons (play)

What Tamaras become

Among 1,623 notable people named Tamara:

Entertainers appear 1.82× more often than among typical names — e.g. Tamara Karsavina, Russian ballet dancer.

Similar names: Tamar · Jenny · Tara · Zamara · Amaria · Mara

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