girl's name

Tarah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 5,094

Tarah is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1985, when 267 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 552,792 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1963.

Tarah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,182
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Tarah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 37
1970s 687
1980s 2,182
1990s 1,177
2000s 430
2010s 178
2020s (to 2025) 46

How popular is Tarah?

In 2025, Tarah was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Tarah is used

Canada #3,159 6 in 2023
France #6,256 5 in 2025
England & Wales #6,743 3 in 2014
United States #13,864 6 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Tarah

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Tarah also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tarah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Tarah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tarah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Tarah

How popular is the name Tarah?

In 2025, Tarah was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Tarah a girl's or a boy's name?

Tarah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Tarah most popular?

Tarah peaked in 1985, when 267 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Tarah a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Tarah currently ranks #6,256 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.