girls:
59 births since 1998
#5657 (1st percentile)
boys:
2.2k births since 1971
#2673 (42nd percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1971
#5519 (29th percentile)
The name Tamir is the #5,519 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,283 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 28.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,673 (41.7% percentile) for all time with 2,224 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,657 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 59 births since 1998.
Tamir first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 1998 for girls). Birth data for Tamir is available in 52 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (52 years for boys and 8 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 Tamir has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Tamir reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 12.0% percentile (ranked #793) with 61 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 61 births per million (ranked 11.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Tamir is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #804 (11.8% percentile) with 61 births per million.
For girls, Tamir reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #935) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tamir".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Tamir. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Tamir is pronounced as tuh-MIHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tuh-MEAR, at 28.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like T AH0 M IH1 R) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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