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How popular is the name Tara?
Births per year, rank history and how many Taras are alive today.
Tara (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 444th in 2025 with 90 given the name. The name peaked in 1998, when 466 babies were given the name, the 110th most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 19% of its peak. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 12,000 babies have been named Tara in England and Wales since 1974. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Tara you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Taras born in England and Wales are between 27 and 45, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4% chance that at least one of them will be called Tara.
How many babies are named Tara each year?
Where does Tara rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Tara most popular?
Tara peaked in 1998, when 466 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Tara?
At least 13,000 people named Tara born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Tara?
Most living Taras are between 27 and 45; the most common age is about 29.
Is Tara becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.