Tara was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #35 in 1977 but is far less common today.
Tara is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #847 for girl births in the United States (and #1,611 across all names), given to 322 babies. Tara was first reported in SSA data in 1939 and peaked in 1972 (7,234 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 322 | 322 | #847 | — |
| 2024 | 249 | 249 | #1,020 | — |
| 2023 | 208 | 208 | #1,163 | — |
| 2022 | 240 | 240 | #1,061 | — |
| 2021 | 212 | 212 | #1,158 | — |
| 2020 | 201 | 201 | #1,164 | — |
| 2019 | 257 | 257 | #1,006 | — |
| 2018 | 250 | 250 | #1,034 | — |
| 2017 | 265 | 265 | #984 | — |
| 2016 | 261 | 261 | #1,017 | — |
| 2015 | 301 | 301 | #914 | — |
| 2014 | 301 | 301 | #906 | — |
| 2013 | 282 | 282 | #909 | — |
| 2012 | 336 | 336 | #799 | — |
| 2011 | 303 | 303 | #864 | — |
| 2010 | 355 | 355 | #775 | — |
| 2009 | 425 | 425 | #690 | — |
| 2008 | 491 | 491 | #630 | — |
| 2007 | 581 | 581 | #538 | — |
| 2006 | 685 | 685 | #463 | — |
| 2005 | 929 | 929 | #341 | — |
| 2004 | 977 | 977 | #323 | — |
| 2003 | 927 | 927 | #336 | — |
| 2002 | 1,060 | 1,060 | #295 | — |
| 2001 | 1,159 | 1,159 | #273 | — |
| 2000 | 1,338 | 1,338 | #239 | — |
| 1999 | 1,398 | 1,398 | #231 | #11,410 |
| 1998 | 1,637 | 1,644 | #189 | — |
| 1997 | 1,768 | — | #172 | — |
| 1996 | 1,899 | — | #167 | — |
| 1995 | 2,023 | — | #158 | — |
| 1994 | 2,194 | — | #148 | #6,305 |
| 1993 | 2,476 | — | #132 | — |
| 1992 | 2,847 | — | #118 | #5,598 |
| 1991 | 3,335 | — | #104 | #5,884 |
| 1990 | 3,844 | — | #85 | #3,446 |
| 1989 | 4,388 | — | #70 | #3,314 |
| 1988 | 4,625 | — | #67 | #2,943 |
| 1987 | 4,466 | — | #69 | #2,714 |
| 1986 | 5,105 | — | #56 | #2,677 |
| 1985 | 6,117 | — | #51 | #3,205 |
| 1984 | 6,298 | — | #49 | #3,255 |
| 1983 | 6,290 | — | #51 | #2,662 |
| 1982 | 6,552 | — | #47 | #1,988 |
| 1981 | 6,387 | — | #45 | #2,410 |
| 1980 | 6,310 | — | #43 | #2,048 |
| 1979 | 6,833 | — | #38 | #1,987 |
| 1978 | 6,358 | — | #40 | #1,867 |
| 1977 | 7,221 | — | #35 | #2,125 |
| 1976 | 6,053 | — | #42 | #1,642 |
| 1975 | 6,477 | — | #41 | #2,123 |
| 1974 | 6,682 | — | #39 | #1,881 |
| 1973 | 6,723 | — | #37 | #2,502 |
| 1972 | 7,268 | — | #38 | #1,469 |
| 1971 | 6,358 | — | #49 | #1,981 |
| 1970 | 5,351 | — | #69 | #1,934 |
| 1969 | 3,527 | — | #107 | #3,905 |
| 1968 | 2,194 | — | #147 | #3,337 |
| 1967 | 1,288 | — | #229 | — |
| 1966 | 1,296 | — | #234 | #4,470 |
| 1965 | 1,173 | — | #250 | #4,369 |
| 1964 | 1,241 | — | #250 | — |
| 1963 | 1,134 | — | #262 | #4,003 |
| 1962 | 1,103 | — | #270 | #3,019 |
| 1961 | 943 | — | #300 | — |
| 1960 | 684 | — | #367 | — |
| 1959 | 610 | — | #384 | — |
| 1958 | 467 | — | #441 | — |
| 1957 | 463 | — | #436 | — |
| 1956 | 452 | — | #432 | — |
| 1955 | 432 | — | #426 | — |
| 1954 | 259 | — | #556 | — |
| 1953 | 151 | — | #745 | — |
| 1952 | 140 | — | #754 | — |
| 1951 | 99 | — | #927 | — |
| 1950 | 102 | — | #884 | — |
| 1949 | 90 | — | #943 | — |
| 1948 | 73 | — | #1,039 | — |
| 1947 | 46 | — | #1,374 | — |
| 1946 | 56 | — | #1,145 | — |
| 1945 | 28 | — | #1,580 | — |
| 1944 | 27 | — | #1,604 | — |
| 1943 | 24 | — | #1,787 | — |
| 1942 | 21 | — | #1,910 | — |
| 1941 | 14 | — | #2,380 | — |
| 1940 | 13 | — | #2,402 | — |
| 1939 | 7 | — | #3,745 | — |