Girls' name · since 1971
Tarrah
Tarrah has 1,074 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,074
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tarrah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,074 have been recorded since 1971.
Tarrah has 1,074 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2016.
- #7,151 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,074 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tarrah ranks #7,151 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,074 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,074
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tarrah's 1,074 recorded births place it above 90.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Tarrah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tarrah splits its recorded history at 1991: 28% of all births land in the more recent half, 72% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 128 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tarrah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2016
- Peak year (1977)
- 128
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Tarrah by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (425 births, 40% of the file).
1980s was Tarrah's strongest decade.
425 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Tarrah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
309 births
- 1980s
1980s
425 births
- 1990s
1990s
214 births
- 2000s 110
2000s
110 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 425 births (40% of all-time use).
How Tarrah 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 Tarrah's total volume
Tarrah by state
Where Tarrah concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 64 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 21 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 17 | 1.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 15 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 13 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Florida | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.6% |
64 of 1,074 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Tarrah appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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- Tarrah's decade-level peak was the 1980s (425 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tarrahs (64 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tarrah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1971–2016 (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 Tarrah 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.