Tarra
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #12,142
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 118 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,295since 1955
Tarra over time
Rank among girls' names. Tarra has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
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| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 |
| 1994 | #2,848 | 42 |
| 1993 | #2,676 | 45 |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 |
| 1991 | #2,215 | 59 |
| 1990 | #2,128 | 61 |
| 1989 | #1,769 | 76 |
| 1988 | #1,722 | 74 |
| 1987 | #1,991 | 56 |
| 1986 | #1,562 | 77 |
| 1985 | #1,536 | 79 |
| 1984 | #1,459 | 79 |
| 1983 | #1,585 | 70 |
| 1982 | #1,703 | 66 |
| 1981 | #1,615 | 72 |
| 1980 | #1,570 | 74 |
| 1979 | #1,364 | 90 |
| 1978 | #1,434 | 80 |
| 1977 | #1,414 | 79 |
| 1976 | #1,384 | 77 |
| 1975 | #1,332 | 81 |
| 1974 | #1,448 | 69 |
| 1973 | #1,138 | 97 |
| 1972 | #1,000 | 118 |
| 1971 | #1,292 | 85 |
| 1970 | #1,369 | 76 |
| 1969 | #1,685 | 51 |
| 1968 | #2,091 | 33 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 |
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| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
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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 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#543 · 1 in 5,237
- California#2,086 · 1 in 30,956
Best ever in a state: #464 in North Carolina, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #543 | 11 | 1 in 5,237 |
| California | #2,086 | 6 | 1 in 30,956 |
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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.
See more about Tarra
- 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)
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1972 at #1,000 (118 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1972
- 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%)
- 37.1% of all girls named Tarra (852) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 34 | #3,543 (1958) | #4,461 |
| 1960s | 186 | #1,685 (1969) | #3,378 |
| 1970s | 852 | #1,000 (1972) | #1,318 |
| 1980s | 723 | #1,459 (1984) | #1,651 |
| 1990s | 358 | #2,128 (1990) | #3,684 |
| 2000s | 106 | #5,364 (2001) | #10,187 |
| 2010s | 29 | #9,711 (2012) | #13,658 |
| 2020s | 7 | #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 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 25,656 of them was named Tarra, which outranked 86.2% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,684Rashonda67
- #1,684Rosita67
- #1,684Takia67
- #1,703Tarra66
- #1,703Ali66
- #1,703Cammie66
- #1,703Cassaundra66
- #1,720Anissa65
- #1,720Arin65
- #1,720Bethanie65
Tied with 16 names at #1,703; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.