Tarry — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tarry

The Social Security Administration has registered 430 babies named Tarry between 1940 and 2004, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tarry currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Tarry is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 189 additional births since 1943.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tarry performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Tarry shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tarry 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 430 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.