Girls' name · since 1964
Tarena
Since 1964, U.S. Social Security records show 153 babies named Tarena, peaking in 1968. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,600 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 153
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tarena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 153 recorded since 1964.
Tarena has 153 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2001.
- #22,600 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 153 born since 1964
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tarena ranks #22,600 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 153 born since 1964, peaking in the 1970s.
- #22,600 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 153
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tarena's 153 recorded births place it above 68.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tarena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tarena splits its recorded history at 1978: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1968 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tarena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2001
- Peak year (1968)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Tarena by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (66 births, 43% of the file).
1970s was Tarena's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Tarena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
28 births
- 1970s
1970s
66 births
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 66 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Tarena's decade-level peak was the 1970s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Tarena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1964–2001 (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 Tarena 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.