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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |