Tarri — girls' name
280 babies named Tarri in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Tarri was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Tarri in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tarri
The Social Security Administration has registered 280 babies named Tarri between 1950 and 1980, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tarri currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tarri performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tarri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tarri in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tarri 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 280 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.
Tarri at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tarri popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1950
- Peak year (1959)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
280 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 22 births in a single year.
Tarri by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 126 births that decade — 45% of Tarri's all-time total
Tarri decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 82 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Tarri's strongest decade
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Tarri by state
Where Tarri concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 280 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 1.8% 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, 1950–1980 (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.