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Tamara

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tamara: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tamara: Recorded since 1946, it reached #52 in 1992, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #116 to #1065.200020052010201520202025#116#1065
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
1996#116
1997#137
1998#155
1999#200
2000#235
2001#280
2002#302
2003#394
2004#337
2005#325
2006#394
2007#390
2008#393
2009#530
2010#458
2011#449
2012#458
2013#536
2014#527
2015#500
2016#537
2017#593
2018#843
2019#664
2020#821
2021#779
2022#796
2023#794
2024#1065
2025#894

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 57 of the 79 years from 1946 to 2024.

In 2025: #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #894 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1946–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1946

    First recorded at #386 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1975–1996

    Highest recorded position: #52 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1992 (recorded 1975–1996).

    New South Wales, Australia · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #52 in New South Wales, Australia in 1993.

Tamara's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesfemale#89439HighVerified
2024England and Walesfemale#106532HighVerified
2023England and Walesfemale#79445HighVerified
2022England and Walesfemale#79645HighVerified
2021England and Walesfemale#77947HighVerified
2020England and Walesfemale#82144HighVerified
2019England and Walesfemale#66459HighVerified
2018England and Walesfemale#84344HighVerified
2017England and Walesfemale#59371HighVerified
2016England and Walesfemale#53779HighVerified
2015England and Walesfemale#50086HighVerified
2014England and Walesfemale#52780HighVerified
2013England and Walesfemale#53678HighVerified
2012England and Walesfemale#45898HighVerified
2011England and Walesfemale#44994HighVerified
2010England and Walesfemale#45890HighVerified
2009England and Walesfemale#53075HighVerified
2008England and Walesfemale#393111HighVerified
2007England and Walesfemale#390106HighVerified
2006England and Walesfemale#394107HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#325125HighVerified
2004England and Walesfemale#337114HighVerified
2003England and Walesfemale#39492HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#302120HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#280136HighVerified
2000England and Walesfemale#235175HighVerified
1999England and Walesfemale#200217HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#155297HighVerified
1997England and Walesfemale#137341HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#116397HighVerified
1996New South Wales, Australiafemale#9584InsufficientNot yet available
1995New South Wales, Australiafemale#74113InsufficientNot yet available
1994New South Wales, Australiafemale#55140InsufficientNot yet available
1993New South Wales, Australiafemale#52154InsufficientNot yet available
1992New South Wales, Australiafemale#52138InsufficientNot yet available
1991New South Wales, Australiafemale#63115InsufficientNot yet available
1989New South Wales, Australiafemale#58131InsufficientNot yet available
1988New South Wales, Australiafemale#69124InsufficientNot yet available
1987New South Wales, Australiafemale#7899InsufficientNot yet available
1986New South Wales, Australiafemale#76100InsufficientNot yet available
1985New South Wales, Australiafemale#69113InsufficientNot yet available
1984New South Wales, Australiafemale#8689InsufficientNot yet available
1983New South Wales, Australiafemale#8788InsufficientNot yet available
1982New South Wales, Australiafemale#8594InsufficientNot yet available
1981New South Wales, Australiafemale#8395InsufficientNot yet available
1980New South Wales, Australiafemale#8192InsufficientNot yet available
1979New South Wales, Australiafemale#9578InsufficientNot yet available
1978New South Wales, Australiafemale#76111InsufficientNot yet available
1977New South Wales, Australiafemale#7997InsufficientNot yet available
1976New South Wales, Australiafemale#62124InsufficientNot yet available
1975New South Wales, Australiafemale#7996InsufficientNot yet available
1999New Zealandfemale#9846HighVerified
1998New Zealandfemale#9843HighVerified
1990New Zealandfemale#8065HighVerified
1989New Zealandfemale#7373HighVerified
1988New Zealandfemale#6385HighVerified
2018Northern Irelandfemale#4343HighVerified
2011Northern Irelandfemale#4443HighVerified
2009Northern Irelandfemale#4193HighVerified
2007Northern Irelandfemale#4133HighVerified
2006Northern Irelandfemale#3843HighVerified
2002Northern Irelandfemale#2525HighVerified
2001Northern Irelandfemale#3433HighVerified
2000Northern Irelandfemale#2206HighVerified
1999Northern Irelandfemale#3443HighVerified
1998Northern Irelandfemale#1978HighVerified
1997Northern Irelandfemale#14714HighVerified
2024Norwayfemale#5164HighVerified
2019Norwayfemale#4945HighVerified
2018Norwayfemale#5005HighVerified
2017Norwayfemale#5504HighVerified
2015Norwayfemale#4747HighVerified
2014Norwayfemale#5774HighVerified
2013Norwayfemale#5545HighVerified
2012Norwayfemale#5535HighVerified
2011Norwayfemale#5246HighVerified
2010Norwayfemale#5067HighVerified
2008Norwayfemale#4877HighVerified
2007Norwayfemale#5396HighVerified
2006Norwayfemale#5805HighVerified
2005Norwayfemale#6184HighVerified
2003Norwayfemale#4787HighVerified
2002Norwayfemale#5855HighVerified
2001Norwayfemale#4667HighVerified
2000Norwayfemale#4807HighVerified
1999Norwayfemale#4827HighVerified
1997Norwayfemale#5336HighVerified
1996Norwayfemale#4628HighVerified
1995Norwayfemale#5556HighVerified
1994Norwayfemale#4967HighVerified
1993Norwayfemale#4728HighVerified
1992Norwayfemale#42310HighVerified
1991Norwayfemale#5756HighVerified
1990Norwayfemale#5008HighVerified
1989Norwayfemale#5088HighVerified
1988Norwayfemale#4669HighVerified
1987Norwayfemale#5088HighVerified
1986Norwayfemale#40111HighVerified
1984Norwayfemale#39411HighVerified
1983Norwayfemale#6105HighVerified
1982Norwayfemale#6055HighVerified
1981Norwayfemale#36611HighVerified
1980Norwayfemale#5466HighVerified
1979Norwayfemale#4947HighVerified
1978Norwayfemale#6484HighVerified
1977Norwayfemale#4827HighVerified
1976Norwayfemale#4438HighVerified
1975Norwayfemale#5725HighVerified
1974Norwayfemale#36311HighVerified
1972Norwayfemale#5366HighVerified
1967Norwayfemale#5794HighVerified
1966Norwayfemale#4536HighVerified
1964Norwayfemale#4137HighVerified
1961Norwayfemale#3797HighVerified
1959Norwayfemale#4365HighVerified
1958Norwayfemale#3687HighVerified
1957Norwayfemale#4345HighVerified
1956Norwayfemale#3398HighVerified
1955Norwayfemale#4484HighVerified
1954Norwayfemale#3756HighVerified
1950Norwayfemale#3088HighVerified
1949Norwayfemale#3556HighVerified
1948Norwayfemale#3546HighVerified
1946Norwayfemale#3865HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandfemale#8853HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandfemale#8563HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandfemale#8833HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandfemale#7004HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandfemale#8713HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandfemale#7344HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandfemale#5157HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandfemale#5327HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandfemale#8763HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandfemale#5407HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandfemale#6126HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandfemale#39312HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandfemale#6635HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandfemale#43910HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandfemale#38312HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandfemale#5057HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandfemale#4318HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandfemale#22118HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandfemale#19720HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandfemale#26313HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandfemale#23815HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandfemale#3697HighVerified
2000Republic of Irelandfemale#23914HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandfemale#21116HighVerified
1998Republic of Irelandfemale#15922HighVerified
1997Republic of Irelandfemale#17626HighVerified
1996Republic of Irelandfemale#21618HighVerified
1995Republic of Irelandfemale#19620HighVerified
1994Republic of Irelandfemale#26812HighVerified
1993Republic of Irelandfemale#26613HighVerified
1992Republic of Irelandfemale#4564HighVerified
1991Republic of Irelandfemale#3657HighVerified
1990Republic of Irelandfemale#5173HighVerified
1989Republic of Irelandfemale#4454HighVerified
1988Republic of Irelandfemale#4923HighVerified
1986Republic of Irelandfemale#4225HighVerified
1985Republic of Irelandfemale#3866HighVerified
1984Republic of Irelandfemale#3657HighVerified
1983Republic of Irelandfemale#3657HighVerified
1982Republic of Irelandfemale#4674HighVerified
1981Republic of Irelandfemale#3637HighVerified
1980Republic of Irelandfemale#5423HighVerified
1978Republic of Irelandfemale#4285HighVerified
1977Republic of Irelandfemale#5183HighVerified
1975Republic of Irelandfemale#4554HighVerified
1974Republic of Irelandfemale#4284HighVerified
1972Republic of Irelandfemale#4713HighVerified
1971Republic of Irelandfemale#4663HighVerified
2024Scotlandfemale#5415HighVerified

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Tamara is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Tamara, between 1946 and 2025, in 68 of those 80 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

NorwayNorway: recorded in 1946Norway: recorded in 1948Norway: recorded in 1949Norway: recorded in 1950Norway: recorded in 1954Norway: recorded in 1955Norway: recorded in 1956Norway: recorded in 1957Norway: recorded in 1958Norway: recorded in 1959Norway: recorded in 1961Norway: recorded in 1964Norway: recorded in 1966Norway: recorded in 1967Norway: recorded in 1972Norway: recorded in 1974Norway: recorded in 1975Norway: recorded in 1976Norway: recorded in 1977Norway: recorded in 1978Norway: recorded in 1979Norway: recorded in 1980Norway: recorded in 1981Norway: recorded in 1982Norway: recorded in 1983Norway: recorded in 1984Norway: recorded in 1986Norway: recorded in 1987Norway: recorded in 1988Norway: recorded in 1989Norway: recorded in 1990Norway: recorded in 1991Norway: recorded in 1992Norway: recorded in 1993Norway: recorded in 1994Norway: recorded in 1995Norway: recorded in 1996Norway: recorded in 1997Norway: recorded in 1999Norway: recorded in 2000Norway: recorded in 2001Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2003Norway: recorded in 2005Norway: recorded in 2006Norway: recorded in 2007Norway: recorded in 2008Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2011Norway: recorded in 2012Norway: recorded in 2013Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2015Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: recorded in 2018Norway: recorded in 2019Norway: recorded in 2024Norway: highest position in 1950Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1971Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1972Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1974Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1975Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1977Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1978Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1980Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1981Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1982Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1983Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1984Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1985Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1986Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1988Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1989Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1990Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1991Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1992Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1993Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1994Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1995Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1996Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1997Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1998Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2000Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 1998New South Wales, Austra…New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1975New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1976New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1977New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1978New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1979New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1980New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1981New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1982New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1983New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1984New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1985New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1986New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1987New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1988New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1989New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1991New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1992New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1993New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1994New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1995New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1996New South Wales, Australia: highest position in 1992New ZealandNew Zealand: recorded in 1988New Zealand: recorded in 1989New Zealand: recorded in 1990New Zealand: recorded in 1998New Zealand: recorded in 1999New Zealand: highest position in 1988England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 1996Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 1997Northern Ireland: recorded in 1998Northern Ireland: recorded in 1999Northern Ireland: recorded in 2000Northern Ireland: recorded in 2001Northern Ireland: recorded in 2002Northern Ireland: recorded in 2006Northern Ireland: recorded in 2007Northern Ireland: recorded in 2009Northern Ireland: recorded in 2011Northern Ireland: recorded in 2018Northern Ireland: highest position in 1997ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419462025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Norway1946–202457#308 in 1950
Republic of Ireland1971–202548#159 in 1998
New South Wales, Australia1975–199621#52 in 1992
New Zealand1988–19995#63 in 1988
England and Wales1996–202530#116 in 1996
Northern Ireland1997–201811#147 in 1997
Scotland20241#541 in 2024

Its high point came 74 years earlier in Norway (1950) than in Scotland (2024).

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 1950; it appears again in 1954.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What is known about Tamara

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
7 official registrars, 1946–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Not established
Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #52 in New South Wales, Australia in 1993. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.