Tamara
Tamara is understood to mean "date", referring to the fruit of the date palm tree. In other words, the name carries the literal meaning of the sweet date fruit. This is not merely a coincidental interpretation as it is rooted in the Arabic language itself. The common Arabic word for dates is tamr (تَمْر), and its singular form tamra (تَمْرَة) means "a date (fruit)".
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Meaning & Origin of Tamara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tamara is understood to mean "date", referring to the fruit of the date palm tree. In other words, the name carries the literal meaning of the sweet date fruit. This is not merely a coincidental interpretation as it is rooted in the Arabic language itself. The common Arabic word for dates is tamr (تَمْر), and its singular form tamra (تَمْرَة) means "a date (fruit)".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Tamara
American parents first put Tamara on the record books as a baby girl name in 1917, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1970, when 4,721 Tamaras were born — ranking #79 that year. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 30% of all recorded Tamaras. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #1,751 among baby girl names with 117 births, holding steady (-2%). In total, more than 131K Tamaras have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Tamara
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About the name Tamara
Tamara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 131K births in the dataset. Tamara's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #63. Use the chart and map above to compare Tamara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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