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.

Tahirah

#7,420 most common girls' name of all time · #12,436 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among girls
#7,420
Rank overall
#12,436 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
930
Since 2016
67
Peak year
1982 #2,892
Best rank
#2,754 1974
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
198020002020

Tahirah first appears in 1971. 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 5 — 5 #15,355
2023 5 — 5 #15,683
2022 5 — 5 #15,783
2021 7 — 7 #12,495
2019 5 — 5 #16,013
2018 14 — 14 #7,866
2017 16 — 16 #7,203
2016 10 — 10 #10,288
2015 14 — 14 #8,139
2014 23 — 23 #5,691
2013 12 — 12 #9,177
2012 15 — 15 #7,937
2011 18 — 18 #6,937
2010 14 — 14 #8,387
2009 13 — 13 #9,022
2008 15 — 15 #8,232
2007 17 — 17 #7,514
2006 22 — 22 #5,998
2005 23 — 23 #5,503
2004 17 — 17 #6,876
2003 17 — 17 #6,700
2002 16 — 16 #6,844
2001 18 — 18 #6,169
2000 14 — 14 #7,320
1999 21 — 21 #5,127
1998 24 — 24 #4,554
1997 30 — 30 #3,777
1996 23 — 23 #4,517
1995 20 — 20 #4,931
1994 30 — 30 #3,661
1993 19 — 19 #5,126
1992 21 — 21 #4,786
1991 32 — 32 #3,415
1990 25 — 25 #4,087
1989 20 — 20 #4,618
1988 14 — 14 #5,780
1987 10 — 10 #7,118
1986 19 — 19 #4,298
1985 15 — 15 #5,010
1984 20 — 20 #3,960
1983 14 — 14 #5,061
1982 32 — 32 #2,892
1981 16 — 16 #4,700
1980 21 — 21 #3,828
1979 26 — 26 #3,224
1978 20 — 20 #3,761
1977 19 — 19 #3,887
1976 24 — 24 #3,086
1975 23 — 23 #3,148
1974 27 — 27 #2,754
1973 11 — 11 #5,159
1972 11 — 11 #5,088
1971 8 — 8 #6,606