# Tarah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tarah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,737 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,737 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 34, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Compare Tara.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 4,903 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10,360 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,343 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,603 |
| 2015 | 20 | 6,435 |
| 2016 | 18 | 6,880 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,412 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,755 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,559 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,481 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17,441 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11,154 |
| 2023 | 6 | 15,002 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11,026 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,757 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,540 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |

## People named Tarah

- Tarah Kayne, American pair skater

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.