Tarris — boys' name
92 babies named Tarris in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Tarris was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Tarris in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tarris
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Tarris between 1969 and 2001, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tarris currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tarris performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tarris shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tarris in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tarris 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 92 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.
Tarris at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tarris popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1969
- Peak year (1973)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
92 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 11 births in a single year.
Tarris by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 40 births that decade — 43% of Tarris's all-time total
Tarris decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tarris's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Tarris by state
Where Tarris concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 5.4% |
5 of 92 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 5.4% 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, 1969–2001 (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.