Girls' name · since 2013

Taraf

Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 56 babies named Taraf, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#33,770 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,438 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
56
born since 2013
2020s
peak decade

Taraf currently ranks #7438 among girls' names in America, with 56 babies recorded since 2013.

Social Security Administration records show Taraf recorded 56 times among girls since 2013, holding rank #7438 nationally today, ahead of 57% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.

  • #33,770 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #7,438 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 56 born since 2013
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taraf ranks #33,770 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,438 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 56 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.

#33,770 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,438 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
56
born since 2013
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%56.9%
Taraf vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Taraf's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Taraf compares

56 17th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Taraf's all-time total is 85% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Taraf Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 56 376 567,345
Peak-year births 15 21 19,840

Taraf's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Taraf splits its recorded history at 2023: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Taraf popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
15
Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
05101520 201320152019202320242025 15

Taraf by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (34 births, 61% of the file).

2020s was Taraf's strongest decade.

34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.

Taraf births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 34 births (61% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Taraf?
Since 2013, Social Security records show 56 babies named Taraf. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #33,770 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #7,438 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2025, with 15 births.
Where does Taraf sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taraf ranks #33,770 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,438 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Taraf most popular?
Taraf was most popular in the 2020s decade with 34 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Taraf been used?
Records for Taraf go back to 2013, giving 13 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Taraf?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tara, Taryn, Tarah, Taraji, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Taraf: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2013–2025 (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 Taraf 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.