Tara Girl
How popular is Tara?
#844 girl name in 2025
322 baby girls were named Tara in the US in 2025, making it the 844th most popular girl name.
Tara popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #844 for girls (▲ 174 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 322 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #911 in 2015, #1,163 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1972 (7,234 girls) |
| Highest rank | #35 in 1977 |
| First recorded | 1939 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Tara counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tara family of names ranked #774 for girls in 2025 (#882 the year before), with 328 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tara | 322 | 98% |
| Tarah | 6 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Tara is most popular
Babies named Tara per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.4 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Illinois: 0.3 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.3 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (234 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (50 girls)
Tara by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1940s | 392 | #934 |
| 1950s | 3,175 | #383 |
| 1960s | 14,543 | #107 |
| 1970s | 65,072 | #35 |
| 1980s | 56,338 | #43 |
| 1990s | 23,370 | #85 |
| 2000s | 8,572 | #239 |
| 2010s | 2,911 | #774 |
| 2020s | 1,432 | #844 |
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Questions
- Is Tara a boy or girl name?
- Tara is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Tara were girls.
- How popular is the name Tara?
- 322 baby girls were named Tara in the US in 2025, making it the 844th most popular girl name.
- When was Tara most popular?
- Tara peaked in 1972, when 7,234 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #35 in 1977.
- How many people are named Tara?
- 176,355 babies have been named Tara in the US since 1880. We estimate about 168,732 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 45.
- Where is Tara most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Tara was most common in Washington, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.