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Baby name
Tamar
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87% girls / 13% boys
Origin of the name
Tamar is a Hebrew name, “date palm.” In the Bible, several women bear it.
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Classic name
6,158births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 1009rank at its peak, in 1977
Where babies named Tamar are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Tamar is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Tamar is most common in New York (5.4 times), New Jersey (3.9) and California (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Short-lived name
886births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 2294rank at its peak, in 2000
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 100% | 0% |
| 1920s | 100% | 0% |
| 1930s | 100% | 0% |
| 1940s | 100% | 0% |
| 1950s | 100% | 0% |
| 1960s | 100% | 0% |
| 1970s | 89% | 11% |
| 1980s | 87% | 13% |
| 1990s | 81% | 19% |
| 2000s | 79% | 21% |
| 2010s | 88% | 12% |
| 2020s | 96% | 4% |