How Many People Are Named Tamar?
people named Tamar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 51,104 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,044 babies named Tamar in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
149 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah and later his wife. This was also the name of a daughter of King David. She was raped by her half-brother Amnon, leading to his murder by her brother Absalom. The name was borne by a 12th-century ruling queen of Georgia who presided over the kingdom at the peak of its power.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Tamar, 87.2% were girls and 12.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1950s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 95.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tamar alive today is about 33 years old, and 47% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 19 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tamar first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1977, to 149 babies. In 2025, 73 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tamar has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,015, in 1977. In 2025 it ranked #2,455. Among boys, its best rank was #2,110, in 1976.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,455 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,015 (1977) | #2,110 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,257 in the 1980s | #3,748 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tamar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tamar were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,417 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tamar was given 5.6 times as often in New York, 4 times in New Jersey and 1.7 times in California.
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