Meaning and history
Russian form of Tamar, brought to the English-speaking world by performers such as Tamara Karsavina (1885–1978), Tamara Drasin (1905–1943), Tamara Geva (1907–1997), and Tamara Toumanova (1919–1996). It became rapidly popular in the United States beginning in 1957, and another notable bearer was the Polish cubist painter Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980).
20062006: 416 births, rank #680
2007: 416 births, rank #700
2008: 352 births, rank #815
2009: 300 births, rank #907
2010: 231 births, rank #1,075
20112011: 217 births, rank #1,127
2012: 203 births, rank #1,206
2013: 187 births, rank #1,267
2014: 168 births, rank #1,376
2015: 181 births, rank #1,311
20162016: 155 births, rank #1,480
2017: 141 births, rank #1,552
2018: 114 births, rank #1,787
2019: 124 births, rank #1,687
2020: 107 births, rank #1,830
20212021: 106 births, rank #1,871
2022: 120 births, rank #1,731
2023: 109 births, rank #1,837
2024: 115 births, rank #1,753
20252025: 111 births, rank #1,808
Tamara moved from #816 to #908 for girls between 2008 and 2009. Its highest annual birth count came in 1970, with 4,721 births.