NameTides

Tara

Tara was the #844 girls' name in the US in 2025 (322 babies), and #444 in England & Wales and #466 in Canada.

Tara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Tara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandUS
Tara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#844 (322)#444 (90)#632 (4)#259 (6)#166 (28)#466 (66)—
2024#1,018 (249)#547 (71)#384 (8)—#171 (26)#613 (48)—
2023#1,162 (208)#637 (57)#630 (4)#178 (10)#114 (41)#639 (45)—
2022#1,059 (240)#638 (59)#625 (4)#266 (6)#150 (35)#462 (64)—
2021#1,153 (212)#720 (52)#396 (8)#206 (9)#127 (41)#636 (46)—
2020#1,163 (201)#555 (71)#544 (5)#228 (7)#145 (34)#525 (56)—
2019#1,004 (257)#584 (68)#406 (8)#298 (5)#96 (59)#617 (50)—
2018#1,032 (250)#527 (80)#583 (5)#179 (11)#96 (62)#591 (51)—
2017#983 (265)#582 (73)#808 (3)#239 (7)#126 (46)#529 (60)—
2016#1,012 (261)#468 (93)#356 (10)#211 (9)#116 (52)#594 (51)—
2015#911 (301)#560 (78)#455 (7)#209 (9)#99 (65)#542 (57)—
2014#905 (301)#535 (79)#603 (5)#205 (9)#93 (72)#544 (57)—
2013#906 (282)#430 (99)#413 (8)#141 (14)#84 (76)#581 (51)—
2012#797 (336)#420 (109)#467 (7)#123 (19)#90 (71)#526 (57)—
2011#863 (303)#464 (92)#465 (7)#142 (16)#74 (92)#520 (59)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1972 at #38.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1939.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 750common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Tara is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,000 to 1 in 6,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tara by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #301WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #515ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #610NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #509CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #634NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #861TXFlorida: #959FL
Tara (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#40032
Quebec2025#7745

Tara (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TaraCanadaGirls#46666
TaraEngland & WalesGirls#44490
TaraIrelandGirls#16628
TaraNorthern IrelandGirls#2596
TaraNSWGirls—too few
TaraScotlandGirls#6324
TaraUSGirls#844322
TaraUSBoys—too few