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.

Tara

#233 most common girls' name of all time · #438 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1939–2025

Rank among girls
#233
Rank overall
#438 of 105,966
First appeared
1939
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
176,355
Since 2016
2,465
Peak year
1972 #38
Best rank
#35 1977
Girls Boys peak 7,268/yr
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Tara first appears in 1939. 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 322 322 #846
2024 249 249 #1,018
2023 208 208 #1,162
2022 240 240 #1,060
2021 212 212 #1,155
2020 201 201 #1,164
2019 257 257 #1,005
2018 250 250 #1,032
2017 265 265 #984
2016 261 261 #1,016
2015 301 301 #913
2014 301 301 #906
2013 282 282 #909
2012 336 336 #799
2011 303 303 #863
2010 355 355 #775
2009 425 425 #689
2008 491 491 #629
2007 581 581 #538
2006 685 685 #463
2005 929 929 #340
2004 977 977 #323
2003 927 927 #336
2002 1,060 1,060 #295
2001 1,159 1,159 #273
2000 1,338 1,338 #239
1999 1,393 5 1,398 #231
1998 1,637 1,637 #189
1997 1,768 1,768 #172
1996 1,899 1,899 #167
1995 2,023 2,023 #158
1994 2,185 9 2,194 #148
1993 2,476 2,476 #132
1992 2,837 10 2,847 #118
1991 3,326 9 3,335 #104
1990 3,826 18 3,844 #85
1989 4,370 18 4,388 #70
1988 4,606 19 4,625 #67
1987 4,446 20 4,466 #69
1986 5,085 20 5,105 #56
1985 6,102 15 6,117 #51
1984 6,284 14 6,298 #49
1983 6,272 18 6,290 #51
1982 6,524 28 6,552 #47
1981 6,366 21 6,387 #45
1980 6,283 27 6,310 #43
1979 6,806 27 6,833 #38
1978 6,330 28 6,358 #40
1977 7,198 23 7,221 #35
1976 6,020 33 6,053 #42
1975 6,455 22 6,477 #41
1974 6,657 25 6,682 #39
1973 6,707 16 6,723 #37
1972 7,234 34 7,268 #38
1971 6,336 22 6,358 #49
1970 5,329 22 5,351 #69
1969 3,520 7 3,527 #107
1968 2,186 8 2,194 #147
1967 1,288 1,288 #229
1966 1,291 5 1,296 #234
1965 1,168 5 1,173 #250
1964 1,241 1,241 #250
1963 1,128 6 1,134 #262
1962 1,094 9 1,103 #270
1961 943 943 #300
1960 684 684 #367
1959 610 610 #384
1958 467 467 #441
1957 463 463 #436
1956 452 452 #432
1955 432 432 #426
1954 259 259 #556
1953 151 151 #746
1952 140 140 #754
1951 99 99 #927
1950 102 102 #884
1949 90 90 #944
1948 73 73 #1,039
1947 46 46 #1,376
1946 56 56 #1,146
1945 28 28 #1,585
1944 27 27 #1,607
1943 24 24 #1,786
1942 21 21 #1,915
1941 14 14 #2,396
1940 13 13 #2,419
1939 7 7 #3,778