Girls' name · since 1972
Thara
Thara has 302 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,848 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,607 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 302
- born since 1972
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Thara is the #5607 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 302 recorded since 1972.
Thara has 302 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5607 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #15,848 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,607 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 302 born since 1972
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thara ranks #15,848 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,607 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 302 born since 1972, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,848 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,607 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 302
- born since 1972
- 2020s
- peak decade
Thara's 302 recorded births place it above 78.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Thara compares
302 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Thara's all-time total is 20% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Thara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 302 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Thara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Thara's full recorded timeline at 2006, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Thara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Thara by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (106 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Thara's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Thara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
106 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 106 births (35% of all-time use).
Thara by state
Where Thara concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 302 births nationwide.
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What to do with Thara's data
- Texas records the most Tharas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Thara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Thara 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.