Girls' name · since 1991
Tirah
30 babies named Tirah in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tirah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 30 recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tirah has been recorded 30 times among girls since 1991, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2007.
- #41,120 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tirah ranks #41,120 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #41,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tirah's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tirah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tirah's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2007
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Tirah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (18 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Tirah's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Tirah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 18 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tirah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1991–2007 (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 Tirah 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.