Taira - #10437 US girls' name
1,022 babies named Taira in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
Taira is currently the #10437 girls' name in America, more common than 41% of girls - 1,022 born since 1965, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10437
- among girls today
- 1,022
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 41%
- more common than other girls
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Taira was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Taira in 1990 - its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taira
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,022 babies named Taira between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taira currently holds the #10437 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 46 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taira performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 328 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Taira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26 births, the largest state-level total in the dataset, followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Taira in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taira 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 1,022 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.
Taira at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Taira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1965
- Peak year (1990)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Currently ranks #10437 among girls.
1,022 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 46 births in a single year.
Taira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 328 births that decade - 32% of Taira's all-time total
Taira decade highlights
- Peak decade 328 births
- Runner-up 320 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Taira's strongest decade
328 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Taira by state
Where Taira concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 2.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Hawaii | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
26 of 1,022 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.5% of nationwide
- New York 1.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.0% of nationwide
- Hawaii 0.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1965–2024 (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.