Timara
Feminine
Timara is a late-twentieth-century American name, close to Tamara in sound, with a bright ee in its middle. Its letters come near a Hebrew word for the palm-tree carvings on the walls of Solomon's Temple.
How old is the name Timara?
Timara first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Timara alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 600 people named Timara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Timara most popular?
Timara peaked in 1997, reaching #2874 nationally. See the whole 1997 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Timara
Tamara is the Hebrew palm tree, and Timara stands just beside it. The Book of Kings describes the walls of Solomon's Temple carved all around with cherubim and palm-tree figures, and the Hebrew word for those palm figures, timorot, comes from the same root as tamar. Timara was not built from that word, but it sits in the same grove of sound: three syllables, a lift in the middle, a soft close. It is a name made by an American family's ear, and it sounds rooted and upright.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Timara may be Tamara with a different first vowel, or a feminine built on Tim, and the record cannot say which. It is not documented as a Hebrew name.
Pronouncing Timara
tuh-MAR-uh
Three syllables with the stress on the second; some families say TIM-uh-ruh.
Nicknames for Timara
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
- 1969
- Most girls named
- 199742 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2874reached in 1997
- Change vs 2017
- 0.0%6 in 2018, from 6
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.
Timaras among us
people named Timara are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Timara sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Close to Tamara, a name most people know.
- Comes with Mara as a ready short form.
- Rare, so a Timara is unlikely to share her name.
- People will hear Tamara and write it that way.
- Two pronunciations are possible; say which one early.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Timaras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Timara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Timara in 2025?
- Timara is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Timara with classmates?
- Timara will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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