Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tahira

#5,934 most common girls' name of all time · #10,031 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among girls
#5,934
Rank overall
#10,031 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,298
Since 2016
229
Peak year
1975 #2,057
Best rank
#2,057 1975
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
198020002020

Tahira first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 17 — 17 #6,638
2024 19 — 19 #6,247
2023 31 — 31 #4,499
2022 29 — 29 #4,716
2021 17 — 17 #6,788
2020 23 — 23 #5,373
2019 20 — 20 #6,039
2018 33 — 33 #4,287
2017 18 — 18 #6,617
2016 22 — 22 #5,860
2015 22 — 22 #5,907
2014 35 — 35 #4,201
2013 35 — 35 #4,186
2012 21 — 21 #6,185
2011 24 — 24 #5,608
2010 9 — 9 #11,477
2009 11 — 11 #10,170
2008 19 — 19 #6,898
2007 17 — 17 #7,513
2006 24 — 24 #5,600
2005 15 — 15 #7,623
2004 16 — 16 #7,170
2003 13 — 13 #8,158
2002 18 — 18 #6,231
2001 22 — 22 #5,258
2000 28 — 28 #4,340
1999 32 — 32 #3,761
1998 25 — 25 #4,428
1997 17 — 17 #5,757
1996 29 — 29 #3,784
1995 21 — 21 #4,758
1994 25 — 25 #4,192
1993 17 — 17 #5,565
1992 20 — 20 #4,957
1991 31 — 31 #3,509
1990 29 — 29 #3,690
1989 17 — 17 #5,205
1988 18 — 18 #4,778
1987 15 — 15 #5,222
1986 14 — 14 #5,366
1985 13 — 13 #5,567
1984 21 — 21 #3,841
1983 30 — 30 #2,900
1982 31 — 31 #2,945
1981 29 — 29 #3,051
1980 37 — 37 #2,591
1979 41 — 41 #2,336
1978 33 — 33 #2,623
1977 28 — 28 #2,901
1976 37 — 37 #2,287
1975 43 — 43 #2,057
1974 34 — 34 #2,346
1973 21 — 21 #3,228
1972 27 — 27 #2,676
1970 5 — 5 #9,301