—2024 rank
1972peak year
175,216babies named Tara since 1880
▼ 4%5-year trend
Tara popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Tara mean?
From the Hill of Tara, legendary seat of the high kings of Ireland; it coincides with Sanskrit tara, 'star', and also appeared in Gone with the Wind.
OriginIrish
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Stylenature, mythic
Names like Tara
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Famous Taras
- Tara Lipinski, figure skater
Spellings & variants
Tarah
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