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Tarah

100% girls · 6 born in 2025

Tarah has been given to about 4,737 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1985, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Living in the US≈ 4,618
Median age today39 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Tarah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1985 · 267
  • Born in 20256
  • All time4,737

How popular is Tarah?

Its best year was 1985, when 267 babies were given the name, ranking 678th. The typical living American called Tarah is about 39 years old today.

Names that sound like Tarah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Sarah0.85
  2. Farah0.85
  3. Farrah0.82
  4. Tara0.75
  5. Mariah0.70
  6. Hannah0.68
  7. Zariah0.70
  8. Sariah0.70

Middle names for Tarah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Tarah Eve0.80
  2. Tarah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Tarah Josephine0.78
  4. Tarah Anne0.78
  5. Tarah Rose0.77
  6. Tarah Louise0.77

Sibling names for Tarah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Laceysister · 0.84
  2. Bethanysister · 0.80
  3. Dustinbrother · 0.79
  4. Dereckbrother · 0.78
  5. Elishaeither · 0.78
  6. Meredithsister · 0.78

Where Tarah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Tarah Anderson0.74
    2. Tarah White0.72
    3. Tarah Reyes0.72
    4. Tarah Nguyen0.72
    5. Tarah Moore0.72
    6. Tarah Lee0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Tarah

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.