Recorded 1939–2025 · United States
Tara was most popular in 1972, when 7,268 American babies were given the name — ranking #81 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,607, with 322 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 176,355 people named Tara.
Tara first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1939, which makes it about 86 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 87 of the 87 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 176,355 American births named Tara between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 168,628 are estimated to be alive today.
322 American babies were named Tara in 2025, ranking #1,607 that year.
Tara is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 246 births a year, against 305 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -19% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Tara is a girl’s name — 99.7% of the 176,355 Americans given it were girls and 0.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 168,628 Americans named Tara are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 45 years old, and half are between 38 and 52.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org