Total births
18
Girls' name · since 1997
Taahirah
18 babies named Taahirah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 18
- total births
- 1997–2003
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
Taahirah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 18 have been recorded since 1997.
Taahirah has 18 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2003.
- 18 total births
- 1997–2003 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 72% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
18 girls have been named Taahirah since 1997, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2003.
- 18
- total births
- 1997–2003
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
72% of everyone ever named Taahirah was born in this single decade.
2000
Single peak year
7 babies were named Taahirah in 2000 - its busiest year on record.
Taahirah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Taahirah's full recorded timeline at 2000, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Taahirah at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
2000
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1997
Taahirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2003
- Peak year (2000)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Taahirah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Taahirah's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Taahirah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Taahirah? ▼
18 babies have been named Taahirah since 1997. It was last recorded in 2003. The peak year was 2000 with 7 births.
When was Taahirah most popular? ▼
Taahirah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
How long has the name Taahirah been used? ▼
Records for Taahirah go back to 1997, giving 7 years of history through 2003.
What names are similar to Taahirah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Taaliyah, Taara, Taaliah, Taahira, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Taahirah
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Taahirah: Baby Name Since 1997 - 18 Births, Peak 2000." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/taahirah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Taahirah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.