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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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.
See more about Tara
- 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)
- Debuted 1939
- Peaked 1977 at #35 (7,198 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1970–1990
- Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1949–2015
- 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
- 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 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
Top boys' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 650 of them was named Tara, which outranked 99.2% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 199,741 of them was named Tara, which outranked 46.7% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,872Zakaria11
- #4,872Zakarie11
- #4,872Zephaniah11
- #5,236Tara10
- #5,236Aaric10
- #5,236Aarion10
- #5,236Abisai10
- #5,660Abrahm9
- #5,660Adrienne9
- #5,660Adrion9
Tied with 423 names at #5,236; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.