Tahira
Tahira was the 6799th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 2051st with 43 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 789 places. More babies were named Tahira in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,799 girls, down 1,327 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 17girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197543 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,298babies recorded
Tahira popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,799 | 17 |
| 2020 | #5,472 | 23 |
| 2010 | #12,151 | 9 |
| 2000 | #4,389 | 28 |
| 1990 | #3,704 | 29 |
| 1980 | #2,587 | 37 |
| 1970 | #9,166 | 5 |
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How popular is Tahira, counting every spelling?
Tahira is the most common spelling of a name family that had 22 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 22 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tahira | 17 | #6,799 | 113 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Tahira?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tahira (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tahira born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tahira.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tahira?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Tahira are alive today, with a median age of 30; half are between 13 and 45. That makes Tahira mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Tahira by state
How common Tahira was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Tahira
How popular is the name Tahira?
Tahira was the 6799th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 2051st with 43 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 789 places. More babies were named Tahira in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Tahira a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tahira in the US.
Where is Tahira most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tahira was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 girls).