Taheerah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Taheerah

The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Taheerah between 1976 and 1995, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taheerah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taheerah performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Taheerah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Taheerah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taheerah 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 157 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.