The name Tara is of English origin, and means elevated place.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Tara has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Tara
Use of the Name Tara for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
167,905
167,065
85,075
14,142
5,426
1,879
961
The table below indicates the number of times the name Tara has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Tara first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1949, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Tara
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1949
936
91
1950
883
102
1951
927
99
1952
755
140
1953
748
149
1954
553
259
1955
424
433
1956
429
453
1957
436
460
1958
441
466
1959
384
612
1960
366
686
1961
301
939
1962
269
1,093
1963
262
1,129
1964
250
1,242
1965
251
1,169
1966
234
1,288
1967
229
1,289
1968
147
2,184
1969
107
3,516
1970
69
5,328
1971
49
6,326
1972
38
7,226
1973
37
6,699
1974
39
6,657
1975
41
6,456
1976
43
6,016
1977
35
7,187
1978
40
6,324
1979
38
6,812
1980
43
6,276
1981
45
6,365
1982
47
6,511
1983
51
6,273
1984
49
6,278
1985
51
6,095
1986
56
5,074
1987
69
4,448
1988
67
4,600
1989
70
4,372
1990
85
3,821
1991
104
3,325
1992
118
2,836
1993
132
2,475
1994
146
2,184
1995
158
2,024
1996
167
1,898
1997
172
1,767
1998
189
1,636
1999
231
1,391
2000
239
1,335
2001
272
1,156
2002
295
1,056
2003
336
918
2004
323
961
Totals:
167,905
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Tara as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Tara appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 56 times during the last 125 years.