Feminine dossier · first seen 1939

Tara

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Tara
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.6% from peak

Peak era

1972

Peak rank proxy

7,234

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1939Peak 19722024

Peak year

1972

Decline from peak

96.6%

2024

247

All-time

175,490

Tara once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1972, when 7,234 girls were named Tara.

In 2024, only 247 girls were given the name.

Down 96.6% from its peak.

All told, about 175,490 Americans have been named Tara and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1939.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.6% from peak

19727,234 girls named Tara

2024247 girls named Tara

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