Tamil Names
Explore names documented in Tamil naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1943. | 10#9,762 | Down 4,204 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1959. | 122#1,460 | Down 270 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1965. | 246#1,020 | Up 276 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1976. | 29#3,764 | Down 916 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1977. | 20#4,948 | Down 1,495 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1993. | 15#7,460 | Down 2,307 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1981. | 25#5,191 | Up 1,938 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1989. | 5#13,340 | new | 2004 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1998. | 17#5,497 | Up 73 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1991. | 15#7,155 | Down 1,483 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Tamil-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973. | 5#12,180 | new | 2008 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1984. | 6#10,779 | Up 1,361 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1978. | —Unranked | — | 2002 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1994. | —Unranked | — | 2003 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1999. | —Unranked | — | 2006 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1988. | —Unranked | — | 2005 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1985. | —Unranked | — | 2003 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2009. | —Unranked | — | 2012 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1998. | —Unranked | — | 2002 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1974. | —Unranked | — | 1974 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1999. | —Unranked | — | 1999 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2016. | —Unranked | — | 2016 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2023. | —Unranked | — | 2023 | ||
Documented Tamil usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1981. | —Unranked | — | 1981 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.