Tarsha
Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 246 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,375since 1961
Tarsha over time
Rank among girls' names. Tarsha has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
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| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
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| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 |
| 1983 | #2,236 | 43 |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 |
| 1981 | #1,790 | 62 |
| 1980 | #1,328 | 95 |
| 1979 | #1,113 | 122 |
| 1978 | #1,078 | 122 |
| 1977 | #1,062 | 123 |
| 1976 | #832 | 166 |
| 1975 | #790 | 177 |
| 1974 | #630 | 246 |
| 1973 | #712 | 204 |
| 1972 | #665 | 225 |
| 1971 | #716 | 212 |
| 1970 | #1,036 | 119 |
| 1969 | #1,242 | 81 |
| 1968 | #1,301 | 72 |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 |
| 1966 | #2,094 | 31 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tarsha! It came in at #6,567, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tarsha is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#297 · 1 in 1,904
- Mississippi#304 · 1 in 1,534
- Alabama#389 · 1 in 2,417
- Virginia#389 · 1 in 2,784
- Arkansas#398 · 1 in 2,516
Best ever in a state: #155 in District of Columbia, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #297 | 17 | 1 in 1,904 |
| Mississippi | #304 | 10 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Alabama | #389 | 9 | 1 in 2,417 |
| Virginia | #389 | 10 | 1 in 2,784 |
| Arkansas | #398 | 5 | 1 in 2,516 |
| South Carolina | #401 | 7 | 1 in 2,436 |
| Tennessee | #621 | 5 | 1 in 5,573 |
| Louisiana | #771 | 5 | 1 in 5,503 |
| Florida | #949 | 5 | 1 in 8,805 |
| New York | #1,070 | 9 | 1 in 10,925 |
| Texas | #1,106 | 9 | 1 in 11,488 |
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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 Tarsha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
- Biggest jump: 320 spots in 1971 (#1,036 → #716)
- Biggest drop: 230 spots in 1977 (#832 → #1,062)
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1974 at #630 (246 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1971–1976
- Highest: 1 in 5,966 girls born in 1974 were named Tarsha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 350,601 girls born in 1996 (0.00%)
- 72.3% of all girls named Tarsha (1,716) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 244 | #1,242 (1969) | #3,580 |
| 1970s | 1,716 | #630 (1974) | #863 |
| 1980s | 374 | #1,328 (1980) | #3,210 |
| 1990s | 41 | #6,131 (1990) | #10,142 |
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.
Tarsha in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 12,556 of them was named Tarsha, which outranked 90.6% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,072Josefina123
- #1,072Shanell123
- #1,072Taylor123
- #1,078Tarsha122
- #1,078Joi122
- #1,078Kacy122
- #1,078Kamilah122
- #1,085Keshia121
- #1,085Salena121
- #1,087Angella120
Tied with 6 names at #1,078; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.