Girls' name · since 1982
Tarna
Tarna has 29 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,519 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tarna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 29 have been recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Tarna recorded 29 times among girls since 1982, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 1982 to 1990.
- #41,519 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1982
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tarna ranks #41,519 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1982, peaking in the 1980s.
- #41,519 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tarna's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tarna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tarna's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1983 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tarna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1990
- Peak year (1983)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Tarna by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (23 births, 79% of the file).
1980s was Tarna's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Tarna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 23 births (79% of all-time use).
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- Tarna's decade-level peak was the 1980s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- 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 Tarna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~8 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, 1982–1990 (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 Tarna 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.