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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady

TamaraIn Hebrew: תמרה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: תָּמָרָה

Tamara (Hebrew: תמרה) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 5,130 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 65 girls and ranked #246. Its peak year was 1949, with 168 babies.

People in Israel
5,130
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
65
rank #246
Peak year
1949
168 babies
USA, 2025
111
rank #1,808

Writing and saying Tamara

In Hebrew letters the name is תמרה, read right to left. Tamara is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Tamara by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Tamara: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Tamara in English-speaking countries

Tamara in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025111#1,8081970 (4,721)
United Kingdom202539#9451997 (386)
England and Wales202539#8941996 (397)
Ireland20253#8501997 (26)
Alberta20254#9821981 (81)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Tamara has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Tamara

How do you write Tamara in Hebrew?

Tamara is written תמרה in Hebrew (with vowel points: תָּמָרָה). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Tamara?

5,130 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name תמרה: 5,130 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Tamara a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named תמרה are women.

Is Tamara used outside Israel?

The name Tamara appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 111 girls were given it in 2025 (#1,808), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 39 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.