TheNameDBTara
M FTara is a given name used predominantly for girls. There have been 176,033 people born with this name in the United States since 1880 — 175,490 as girls and 543 as boys. Tara gained popularity in the 1960s, peaked in 1972 and has since declined significantly.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State (2024)
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Yearly Data
| Year | Births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 247 |
| 2023 | 208 |
| 2022 | 240 |
| 2021 | 212 |
| 2020 | 201 |
| 2019 | 256 |
| 2018 | 250 |
| 2017 | 265 |
| 2016 | 261 |
| 2015 | 301 |
| 2014 | 301 |
| 2013 | 282 |
| 2012 | 336 |
| 2011 | 303 |
| 2010 | 355 |
| 2009 | 425 |
| 2008 | 491 |
| 2007 | 581 |
| 2006 | 685 |
| 2005 | 929 |
| 2004 | 977 |
| 2003 | 927 |
| 2002 | 1,060 |
| 2001 | 1,159 |
| 2000 | 1,338 |
| 1999 | 1,398 |
| 1998 | 1,637 |
| 1997 | 1,768 |
| 1996 | 1,899 |
| 1995 | 2,024 |
| 1994 | 2,194 |
| 1993 | 2,476 |
| 1992 | 2,847 |
| 1991 | 3,335 |
| 1990 | 3,844 |
| 1989 | 4,388 |
| 1988 | 4,625 |
| 1987 | 4,466 |
| 1986 | 5,105 |
| 1985 | 6,117 |
| 1984 | 6,298 |
| 1983 | 6,291 |
| 1982 | 6,552 |
| 1981 | 6,387 |
| 1980 | 6,311 |
| 1979 | 6,833 |
| 1978 | 6,358 |
| 1977 | 7,221 |
| 1976 | 6,053 |
| 1975 | 6,477 |
| 1974 | 6,681 |
| 1973 | 6,724 |
| 1972 | 7,268 |
| 1971 | 6,357 |
| 1970 | 5,352 |
| 1969 | 3,527 |
| 1968 | 2,194 |
| 1967 | 1,288 |
| 1966 | 1,296 |
| 1965 | 1,173 |
| 1964 | 1,241 |
| 1963 | 1,135 |
| 1962 | 1,103 |
| 1961 | 942 |
| 1960 | 684 |
| 1959 | 610 |
| 1958 | 467 |
| 1957 | 463 |
| 1956 | 452 |
| 1955 | 432 |
| 1954 | 259 |
| 1953 | 151 |
| 1952 | 140 |
| 1951 | 99 |
| 1950 | 102 |
| 1949 | 90 |
| 1948 | 73 |
| 1947 | 46 |
| 1946 | 56 |
| 1945 | 28 |
| 1944 | 27 |
| 1943 | 24 |
| 1942 | 21 |
| 1941 | 14 |
| 1940 | 13 |
| 1939 | 7 |