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Tamara

“Variant of Tamar — Date palm” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #1808 in the US (2025) · Retro

Tamara has appeared in US records since 1917 — best rank #63 (1974) · 131,286 babies named Tamara all-time · 1 in 14,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: #11 in Slovakia (2025) · #87 in Hungary (2025) · #93 in Czechia (2025).

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

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
• Tamara Kingsley — Home and Away
• Tamara — Dungeons & Dragons · Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (2nd edition)

What Tamaras become

Among 1,611 notable people named Tamara:

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

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