# Tamas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tamas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 96 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 96 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 72, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 5 | 4,674 |
| 1982 | 5 | 7,252 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,849 |
| 1992 | 7 | 7,310 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,666 |
| 1995 | 5 | 10,155 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10,364 |
| 2002 | 5 | 12,287 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11,302 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,522 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10,760 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14,252 |
| 2010 | 6 | 12,036 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,599 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,824 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## People named Tamas

- Tamás Kádár, association footballer
- Tamás Priskin, association football player
- Tamás Bakócz, Catholic cardinal (1442-1521)
- Tamás Kiss, canoeist
- Tamás Cseri, association football player
- Tamás Kiss, association football player
- Tamás Sándor, association football player
- Tamás Szabó, Catholic bishop
- Tamás Gruborovics, association football player
- Tamás Kulcsár, association football player
- Tamás Pető, football player
- Tamás Vaskó, football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.