Tara
Rank in 2025
#844
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
322
girls 322
Peak year
1972
7,234 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
176,355
since 1939
Born a Tara? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Tara was most popular in 1972, when 7,234 babies recorded as girls got the name (4.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 322 babies were named Tara, ranking #844 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 322 | 844 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 249 | 1018 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 208 | 1162 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 240 | 1059 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 212 | 1153 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 201 | 1163 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 257 | 1004 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 250 | 1032 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 265 | 983 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 261 | 1012 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 301 | 911 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 301 | 905 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 282 | 906 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 336 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 303 | 863 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 355 | 774 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 425 | 687 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 491 | 628 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 581 | 538 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 685 | 463 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 929 | 340 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 977 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 927 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,060 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,159 | 273 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,338 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 1,393 | 231 | 5 | 9912 |
| 1998 | 1,637 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 1,768 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 1,899 | 167 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 2,023 | 158 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 2,185 | 148 | 9 | 5868 |
| 1993 | 2,476 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 2,837 | 118 | 10 | 5236 |
| 1991 | 3,326 | 104 | 9 | 5521 |
| 1990 | 3,826 | 85 | 18 | 3309 |
| 1989 | 4,370 | 70 | 18 | 3205 |
| 1988 | 4,606 | 67 | 19 | 2860 |
| 1987 | 4,446 | 69 | 20 | 2641 |
| 1986 | 5,085 | 56 | 20 | 2601 |
| 1985 | 6,102 | 51 | 15 | 3070 |
| 1984 | 6,284 | 49 | 14 | 3107 |
| 1983 | 6,272 | 51 | 18 | 2577 |
| 1982 | 6,524 | 47 | 28 | 1929 |
| 1981 | 6,366 | 45 | 21 | 2338 |
| 1980 | 6,283 | 43 | 27 | 2003 |
| 1979 | 6,806 | 38 | 27 | 1943 |
| 1978 | 6,330 | 40 | 28 | 1834 |
| 1977 | 7,198 | 35 | 23 | 2063 |
| 1976 | 6,020 | 42 | 33 | 1608 |
| 1975 | 6,455 | 41 | 22 | 2065 |
| 1974 | 6,657 | 39 | 25 | 1832 |
| 1973 | 6,707 | 37 | 16 | 2405 |
| 1972 | 7,234 | 38 | 34 | 1453 |
| 1971 | 6,336 | 49 | 22 | 1916 |
| 1970 | 5,329 | 69 | 22 | 1889 |
| 1969 | 3,520 | 107 | 7 | 3595 |
| 1968 | 2,186 | 147 | 8 | 3107 |
| 1967 | 1,288 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 1,291 | 234 | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | 1,168 | 250 | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | 1,241 | 250 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 1,128 | 262 | 6 | 3646 |
| 1962 | 1,094 | 270 | 9 | 2848 |
| 1961 | 943 | 300 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 684 | 367 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 610 | 383 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 467 | 439 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 463 | 436 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 452 | 430 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 432 | 424 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 259 | 554 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 151 | 743 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 140 | 752 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 99 | 921 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 102 | 876 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 90 | 935 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 73 | 1031 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 46 | 1357 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 56 | 1131 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 28 | 1543 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 27 | 1578 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 24 | 1751 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 21 | 1860 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 14 | 2272 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 13 | 2297 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 7 | 3429 | <5 | — |
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Where Tara is most popular
- Washington2.3×
- Massachusetts2.2×
- New Jersey1.9×
- Illinois1.8×
- California1.8×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years