Tamara

Girl name

Tamara has been given to 131,703 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It peaked in 1970.

Meaning & origin /təˈmɑɹə/

Of Slavic origin, mainly from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára)API, name of a 12th-century saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, cognate with English biblical Tamar, from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, “date palm”)API.

Origin: Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

131,703

Peak year

1970 (4,733 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1917

10-year trend

▼ -39%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Famous people named Tamara

Tamara de Lempicka

Polish painter (1894-1980)

Tamara Karsavina

Russian ballet dancer

Tamara Todevska

Macedonian singer

Tamara Smirnova

Russian astronomer (1935-2001)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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