Girls' name · since 1963
Tarah
4,737 babies named Tarah in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,669 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,476 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,737
- born since 1963
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tarah is the #13476 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,737 recorded since 1963.
Social Security Administration records show Tarah recorded 4,737 times among girls since 1963, holding rank #13476 nationally today, ahead of 22% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #2,669 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,476 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,737 born since 1963
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tarah ranks #2,669 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,476 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,737 born since 1963, peaking in the 1980s.
- #2,669 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,476 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,737
- born since 1963
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tarah's 4,737 recorded births place it above 96.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Tarah compares
4,737 Top 14% higher than 86% of 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
Tarah's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tarah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,737 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 267 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tarah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tarah splits its recorded history at 1995: 24% of all births land in the more recent half, 76% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1963 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 267 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tarah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (1985)
- 267
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Tarah by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (2,182 births, 46% of the file).
1980s was Tarah's strongest decade.
2,182 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Tarah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 37
1960s
37 births
- 1970s 687
1970s
687 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,182 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,177 births
- 2000s 430
2000s
430 births
- 2010s 178
2010s
178 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 2,182 births (46% of all-time use).
How Tarah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tarah's total volume
Tarah by state
Where Tarah concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 473 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 311 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 202 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 200 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 194 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 160 | 3.4% |
| #7 | New York | | 153 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 149 | 3.1% |
473 of 4,737 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Tarah appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tarah's data
- Tarah's decade-level peak was the 1980s (2,182 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tarahs (473 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Tarah
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tarah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Tarah 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.