girls:
33 births since 1907
#5683 (1st percentile)
boys:
792 births since 1972
#3795 (17th percentile)
overall:
825 births since 1907
#6914 (11th percentile)
The name Tamer is the #6,914 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 825 recorded births since 1907. This represents the 10.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,795 (17.2% percentile) for all time with 792 births since 1972. For girls, it ranks #5,683 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 33 births since 1907.
Tamer first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1907 (1907 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Tamer is available in 56 out of the 117 years between 1907 and 2023 (51 years for boys and 5 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tamer has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.0% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1972, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1907 to 1971), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1972 to 2023).
For boys, Tamer reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #821) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Tamer ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 18.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Tamer reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #584) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1907, with 15 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1925.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tamer".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Tamer. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.4% confident that Tamer is pronounced as TAY-mer, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAH-mer, at 14.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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