# Tamra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tamra/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,715 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 13,710 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 50 | 3,123 |
| 2005 | 28 | 4,817 |
| 2006 | 31 | 4,677 |
| 2007 | 33 | 4,558 |
| 2008 | 20 | 6,778 |
| 2009 | 14 | 8,844 |
| 2010 | 19 | 6,881 |
| 2011 | 14 | 8,574 |
| 2012 | 9 | 12,117 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,931 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,445 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,791 |
| 2016 | 7 | 14,190 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,663 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,711 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 5 | 4,675 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |

## People named Tamra

- Tamra Davis, American film director, music video director, television director (born 1962)

## 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.