Tamar

“Date palm” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #2438 in the US (2025) · Retro

Tamar has appeared in US records since 1915 — best rank #1009 (1977) · 6,158 babies named Tamar all-time · 1 in 20,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 12,000 girls in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Tamars

Tamar of Georgia — Queen regnant of Georgia from 1184 to 1213
Tamar Abakelia — Georgian sculptor, theater designer and illustrator (1905-1953)
Tamar Braxton — American singer
Tamar Zandberg — Israeli politician
Tamar Kaprelian — Armenian-American singer (b. 1986)

Among 350 notable people named Tamar:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Tamar Ziegler, Israeli mathematician.

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