Tarra

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #12,142

Peak · girls
1972 · 118 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,295
since 1955

Tarra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tarra has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #1,000, 1972girls
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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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rankbirths
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2020#12,1427
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2013#14,5826
2012#9,71111
2011#13,3477
2010#16,9925
2009#15,2426
2008#15,4056
2007—
2006#10,61110
2005#9,45211
2004#14,1796
2003#9,04811
2002#5,89719
2001#5,36421
2000#6,48716
1999#5,03921
1998#5,12320
1997#5,41718
1996#4,18425
1995#4,51822
1994#2,84842
1993#2,67645
1992#2,68745
1991#2,21559
1990#2,12861
1989#1,76976
1988#1,72274
1987#1,99156
1986#1,56277
1985#1,53679
1984#1,45979
1983#1,58570
1982#1,70366
1981#1,61572
1980#1,57074
1979#1,36490
1978#1,43480
1977#1,41479
1976#1,38477
1975#1,33281
1974#1,44869
1973#1,13897
1972#1,000118
1971#1,29285
1970#1,36976
1969#1,68551
1968#2,09133
1967#4,05311
1966#3,55813
1965#3,40214
1964#3,69213
1963#3,17616
1962#3,16116
1961#3,79312
1960#5,1687
1959#4,6258
1958#3,54312
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1956#4,4678
1955#5,2086
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five girls were named Tarra! It came in at #5,208, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tarra is popular in 1955

No state had 5 or more girls named Tarra in 1955, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Tarra
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
  • Biggest jump: 292 spots in 1972 (#1,292 → #1,000)
  • Biggest drop: 138 spots in 1973 (#1,000 → #1,138)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 1972 at #1,000 (118 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,892
  • Highest: 1 in 12,892 girls born in 1972 were named Tarra (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 230,936 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 37.1% of all girls named Tarra (852) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s34#3,543 (1958)#4,461
1960s186#1,685 (1969)#3,378
1970s852#1,000 (1972)#1,318
1980s723#1,459 (1984)#1,651
1990s358#2,128 (1990)#3,684
2000s106#5,364 (2001)#10,187
2010s29#9,711 (2012)#13,658
2020s7#12,142 (2020)#12,142

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.

Tarra in 1955

girls
#5,208
6 births · 1 in 325,880 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #5,208Tarra6
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 325,880 of them was named Tarra, which outranked 22.6% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tarra
  1. #4,740Zelpha7
  2. #4,740Zeta7
  3. #4,740Zully7
  4. #5,208Tarra6
  5. #5,208Abra6
  6. #5,208Adah6
  7. #5,208Adonica6
  8. #5,828Abagail5
  9. #5,828Abelina5
  10. #5,828Adalene5

Tied with 619 names at #5,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1955 →