Tamara

“Variant of Tamar — Date palm” — Hebrew origin

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

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. Tammy is a short form of Tamara.

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 1,623 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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