Tacora — girls' name
173 babies named Tacora in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Tacora was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Tacora in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tacora
The Social Security Administration has registered 173 babies named Tacora between 1981 and 2008, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tacora currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tacora performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tacora shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tacora in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 173 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tacora at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tacora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1981
- Peak year (1988)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
173 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 12 births in a single year.
Tacora by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 72 births that decade — 42% of Tacora's all-time total
Tacora decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tacora's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.