How Many People Are Named Tarah?
people named Tarah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 74,333 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,737 babies named Tarah in Social Security records from 1963 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
267 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of TARA (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Tarah in English. Counting Tarah and these spellings together, about 28,536 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Tarah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tarah alive today is about 36 years old, and 78% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tarah first appears in the records in 1963 and was given most often in 1985, to 267 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1963 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tarah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #660, in 1983. In 2025 it ranked #14,752.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #14,752 |
| Best rank | #660 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #780 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tarah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tarah were born in California than in any other state: about 459 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tarah was given 2 times as often in Michigan, 1.8 times in Florida and 1.8 times in Missouri.
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