Tamir
Masculine · “tall”
Tamir is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 2,401 boys against 59 girls since 1880.
Tamir is Hebrew for tall and stately — from tamar, the date palm, which Hebrew poetry uses as the image of an upright bearing.
How old is the name Tamir?
Tamir first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Tamir alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 2,400 people named Tamir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tamir most popular?
Tamir peaked in 2020, reaching #1499 nationally. Today it ranks #1808, 309 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From tamar to Tamir
The story of Tamir
The date palm is a standing image for uprightness in Hebrew poetry, and Tamir belongs to the wave of modern Israeli names built on biblical vocabulary. The Arabic Tamir is a separate and long-established name. Both routes brought it to America, where it appears in the registers and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
tall, stately
The likeliest route is the Hebrew tamir, 'tall' or 'stately', related to tamar, 'date palm'. A separate Arabic Tamir means 'one who owns dates' or 'prosperous'. Both are genuine and both are used. The palm image is common to them, since the tree is the same.
How the name formed
- tamar
- tamir
- Tamir
Related forms: תמיר · تامر · Tamer
Pronouncing Tamir
tah-MEER
Two syllables, stress on the second. Arabic Tamir places the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Tamir
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most boys named
- 2020113 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1499reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%88 in 2025, from 88
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tamir in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- תמיר in Hebrew — transliteration
- تامر in Arabic — related form
- Tamer in Turkish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Georgia, New York.
Tamirs among us
people named Tamir are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 19,410 born in 2025 was named Tamir
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Trevaughn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tamir's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Trevaughn climbed just as high around 1997, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Trevaughn's path sketches the road Tamir is walking now.
Tamir sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Tamir is headed
Tamir should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Tamir beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Tamir in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The tall-and-stately meaning is transparent and the palm image behind it is genuinely good.
- It is genuine in both Hebrew and Arabic naming.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- The Hebrew and Arabic routes are separate and stressed differently.
- Tamir and Tamer are both in use.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
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Masculine · #1808 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Tamirs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Tamir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tamir in 2025?
- Tamir ranks #1808 among US boy names in 2025, with 88 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Tamir?
- About 1 in every 19,410 US boys born in 2025 was named Tamir — 88 in all.
- Will my child share the name Tamir with classmates?
- Tamir will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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