Tarah
Tarah was the 14757th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 660th; the most babies were born in 1985 (267). Over the last ten years it has moved down 8,322 places. More babies were named Tarah in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Tara) Tara, Ireland ('high place'); also Sanskrit · Irish, Sanskrit
- Rank in 2025
- #14,757 girls, down 5,276 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1985267 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,737babies recorded
What does the name Tarah mean?
Tarah is a spelling of Tara, pronounced the same way, so it shares Tara's meaning and origin.
Tara comes from Irish Teamhair, the Hill of Tara, seat of the ancient high kings of Ireland; Wiktionary glosses the Old Irish name Temair as 'high place'. As a girls' name it is derived from Tara, the plantation in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (1936), which was named after the Irish place. In India, Tara is a separate name from Sanskrit tārā 'star', also the name of a goddess.
Temair (Old Irish, “Tara (high place)”)तारा (tārā) (Sanskrit, “star”)
How sure is this? Probable. The Irish place name's meaning is debated; 'high place' is Wiktionary's gloss.
See also: Irish names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Tara', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'तारा', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Tarah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,757 | 6 |
| 2020 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2010 | #5,233 | 27 |
| 2000 | #2,630 | 57 |
| 1990 | #996 | 184 |
| 1980 | #861 | 179 |
| 1970 | #3,702 | 17 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tarah, counting every spelling?
Tarah is a spelling of Tara, a name family that ranked #791 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #14,757 for Tarah on its own. Together these spellings went to 345 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tara | 322 | #847 | 1,231 |
| Taara | 17 | #6,798 | 65 |
| Tarah | 6 | #14,757 | 35 |
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 Tarah?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tarah (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tarah 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 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tarah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tarah?
About 4,600 people born in the US named Tarah are alive today, with a median age of 39; half are between 32 and 44. That makes Tarah mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tarah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tarah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tarah
What does Tarah mean?
Tarah is a spelling of Tara, which means “Tara, Ireland ('high place'); also Sanskrit” (Irish, Sanskrit origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Tarah?
Tarah was the 14757th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 660th; the most babies were born in 1985 (267). Over the last ten years it has moved down 8,322 places. More babies were named Tarah in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Tarah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tarah in the US.