Tara
#844 for girls in 2025, 322 births · Last seen for boys in 1999 at #9,912
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 7,198 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 21 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 175,812since 1939
Tara over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #844 | 322 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,018 | 249 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,162 | 208 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,059 | 240 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,153 | 212 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,163 | 201 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,004 | 257 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,032 | 250 | — | |
| 2017 | #983 | 265 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,012 | 261 | — | |
| 2015 | #911 | 301 | — | |
| 2014 | #905 | 301 | — | |
| 2013 | #906 | 282 | — | |
| 2012 | #797 | 336 | — | |
| 2011 | #863 | 303 | — | |
| 2010 | #774 | 355 | — | |
| 2009 | #687 | 425 | — | |
| 2008 | #628 | 491 | — | |
| 2007 | #538 | 581 | — | |
| 2006 | #463 | 685 | — | |
| 2005 | #340 | 929 | — | |
| 2004 | #323 | 977 | — | |
| 2003 | #336 | 927 | — | |
| 2002 | #295 | 1,060 | — | |
| 2001 | #273 | 1,159 | — | |
| 2000 | #239 | 1,338 | — | |
| 1999 | #231 | 1,393 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #189 | 1,637 | — | |
| 1997 | #172 | 1,768 | — | |
| 1996 | #167 | 1,899 | — | |
| 1995 | #158 | 2,023 | — | |
| 1994 | #148 | 2,185 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #132 | 2,476 | — | |
| 1992 | #118 | 2,837 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #104 | 3,326 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #85 | 3,826 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #70 | 4,370 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #67 | 4,606 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | #69 | 4,446 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #56 | 5,085 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #51 | 6,102 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #49 | 6,284 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #51 | 6,272 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #47 | 6,524 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #45 | 6,366 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #43 | 6,283 | #2,003 | 27 |
| 1979 | #38 | 6,806 | #1,943 | 27 |
| 1978 | #40 | 6,330 | #1,834 | 28 |
| 1977 | #35 | 7,198 | #2,063 | 23 |
| 1976 | #42 | 6,020 | #1,608 | 33 |
| 1975 | #41 | 6,455 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #39 | 6,657 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | #37 | 6,707 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #38 | 7,234 | #1,453 | 34 |
| 1971 | #49 | 6,336 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | #69 | 5,329 | #1,889 | 22 |
| 1969 | #107 | 3,520 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #147 | 2,186 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #229 | 1,288 | — | |
| 1966 | #234 | 1,291 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #250 | 1,168 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #250 | 1,241 | — | |
| 1963 | #262 | 1,128 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #270 | 1,094 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #300 | 943 | — | |
| 1960 | #367 | 684 | — | |
| 1959 | #383 | 610 | — | |
| 1958 | #439 | 467 | — | |
| 1957 | #436 | 463 | — | |
| 1956 | #430 | 452 | — | |
| 1955 | #424 | 432 | — | |
| 1954 | #554 | 259 | — | |
| 1953 | #743 | 151 | — | |
| 1952 | #752 | 140 | — | |
| 1951 | #921 | 99 | — | |
| 1950 | #876 | 102 | — | |
| 1949 | #935 | 90 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,031 | 73 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,357 | 46 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,131 | 56 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,578 | 27 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1939
The first year at least five girls were named Tara! It came in at #3,429, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1939, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Tara is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Massachusetts#485 · 1 in 2,543
- Connecticut#489 · 1 in 2,341
- Kansas#602 · 1 in 2,632
- Michigan#605 · 1 in 3,167
- New York#629 · 1 in 3,295
Best ever in a state: #11 in New Jersey, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #485 | 10 | 1 in 2,543 |
| Connecticut | #489 | 5 | 1 in 2,341 |
| Kansas | #602 | 5 | 1 in 2,632 |
| Michigan | #605 | 13 | 1 in 3,167 |
| New York | #629 | 28 | 1 in 3,295 |
| Ohio | #695 | 13 | 1 in 3,967 |
| Colorado | #696 | 7 | 1 in 3,200 |
| Washington | #697 | 9 | 1 in 3,383 |
| Georgia | #713 | 13 | 1 in 3,639 |
| Indiana | #719 | 8 | 1 in 3,754 |
| Missouri | #720 | 7 | 1 in 3,846 |
| Utah | #733 | 5 | 1 in 3,581 |
| Florida | #734 | 19 | 1 in 4,191 |
| Virginia | #735 | 9 | 1 in 4,043 |
| California | #742 | 49 | 1 in 4,267 |
| Oklahoma | #743 | 5 | 1 in 3,297 |
| Arizona | #803 | 8 | 1 in 3,872 |
| Pennsylvania | #848 | 10 | 1 in 5,275 |
| Illinois | #862 | 12 | 1 in 4,896 |
| Maryland | #870 | 5 | 1 in 4,819 |
| New Jersey | #904 | 7 | 1 in 5,216 |
| Texas | #1,052 | 24 | 1 in 6,596 |
| North Carolina | #1,055 | 7 | 1 in 6,279 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 174 spots since 2024 (#1,018 → #844)
- 319 spots since 2020 (#1,163 → #844)
- 67 spots since 2015 (#911 → #844)
- Biggest jump: 189 spots in 1954 (#743 → #554)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 2006 (#340 → #463)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1939
- Peaked 1977 at #35 (7,198 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 21 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1970–1990
- Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1949–2015
Share of babies · girls
1 in 210
- Highest: 1 in 210 girls born in 1972 were named Tara (0.48%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,992 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #35 in 1977, was only 1 in 213 (0.47%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 37.0% of all girls named Tara (65,072) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 7 | #3,429 (1939) | #3,429 |
| 1940s | 392 | #935 (1949) | #1,576 |
| 1950s | 3,175 | #383 (1959) | #596 |
| 1960s | 14,543 | #107 (1969) | #242 |
| 1970s | 65,072 | #35 (1977) | #43 |
| 1980s | 56,338 | #43 (1980) | #55 |
| 1990s | 23,370 | #85 (1990) | #150 |
| 2000s | 8,572 | #239 (2000) | #412 |
| 2010s | 2,911 | #774 (2010) | #919 |
| 2020s | 1,432 | #844 (2025) | #1,067 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tara in 2012
girls
#797
336 births · 1 in 5,241 girls
Top girls' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 5,241 of them was named Tara, which outranked 95.9% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).