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.
Where Tara is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#108 · 1 in 507
- South Dakota#118 · 1 in 380
- Pennsylvania#122 · 1 in 541
- Maryland#130 · 1 in 599
- Nebraska#136 · 1 in 533
Best ever in a state: #11 in New Jersey, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #108 | 82 | 1 in 507 |
| South Dakota | #118 | 8 | 1 in 380 |
| Pennsylvania | #122 | 107 | 1 in 541 |
| Maryland | #130 | 40 | 1 in 599 |
| Nebraska | #136 | 15 | 1 in 533 |
| Kentucky | #140 | 32 | 1 in 627 |
| Arkansas | #145 | 20 | 1 in 589 |
| North Dakota | #147 | 5 | 1 in 522 |
| Missouri | #155 | 41 | 1 in 714 |
| Nevada | #157 | 15 | 1 in 615 |
| New York | #173 | 119 | 1 in 839 |
| Rhode Island | #176 | 6 | 1 in 692 |
| Ohio | #181 | 67 | 1 in 918 |
| West Virginia | #182 | 9 | 1 in 808 |
| Alabama | #183 | 25 | 1 in 844 |
| District of Columbia | #189 | 6 | 1 in 571 |
| Tennessee | #193 | 33 | 1 in 928 |
| Kansas | #194 | 17 | 1 in 772 |
| Oklahoma | #206 | 19 | 1 in 878 |
| Virginia | #206 | 35 | 1 in 982 |
| Michigan | #209 | 48 | 1 in 1,069 |
| Colorado | #212 | 25 | 1 in 923 |
| Massachusetts | #214 | 30 | 1 in 1,046 |
| Connecticut | #232 | 14 | 1 in 1,096 |
| Iowa | #234 | 13 | 1 in 1,058 |
| Mississippi | #244 | 11 | 1 in 1,073 |
| Illinois | #248 | 57 | 1 in 1,225 |
| Arizona | #255 | 27 | 1 in 1,128 |
| Indiana | #255 | 25 | 1 in 1,329 |
| North Carolina | #271 | 31 | 1 in 1,371 |
| Florida | #273 | 54 | 1 in 1,384 |
| New Mexico | #282 | 7 | 1 in 1,158 |
| Minnesota | #289 | 16 | 1 in 1,561 |
| South Carolina | #313 | 11 | 1 in 1,542 |
| California | #318 | 132 | 1 in 1,660 |
| Louisiana | #319 | 14 | 1 in 1,574 |
| Texas | #334 | 86 | 1 in 1,712 |
| Utah | #335 | 11 | 1 in 1,510 |
| Wisconsin | #336 | 14 | 1 in 1,802 |
| Oregon | #364 | 10 | 1 in 1,631 |
| Washington | #371 | 16 | 1 in 1,826 |
| Georgia | #398 | 21 | 1 in 2,178 |
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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 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 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 1,273 of them was named Tara, which outranked 98.6% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 384,030 of them was named Tara, which outranked 14.7% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,702 names at #9,912; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.