Girls' name · since 1969
Tahra
Tahra has 147 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1976 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,006 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 147
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tahra is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 147 have been recorded since 1969.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tahra has been recorded 147 times among girls since 1969, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2011.
- #23,006 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 147 born since 1969
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tahra ranks #23,006 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 147 born since 1969, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,006 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 147
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tahra's 147 recorded births place it above 68.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tahra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tahra's full recorded timeline at 1983, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1976 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tahra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2011
- Peak year (1976)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Tahra by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (63 births, 43% of the file).
1980s was Tahra's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Tahra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
51 births
- 1980s
1980s
63 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 63 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Tahra's decade-level peak was the 1980s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tahra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1969–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Tahra 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 August 2026.