Tarren — boys' name
436 babies named Tarren in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Tarren was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Tarren in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tarren
The Social Security Administration has registered 436 babies named Tarren between 1970 and 2018, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tarren currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Tarren is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 230 additional births since 1982.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tarren performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tarren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Washington, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tarren in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tarren in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 436 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tarren at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tarren popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1970
- Peak year (1996)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
436 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 27 births in a single year.
Tarren popularity over time — girls
230 total births recorded since 1982 (Tarren as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Tarren accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tarren by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 180 births that decade — 41% of Tarren's all-time total
Tarren decade highlights
- Peak decade 180 births
- Runner-up 133 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tarren's strongest decade
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Tarren by state
Where Tarren concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Washington | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 436 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Washington 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Washington accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.