Tara

Meaning and origin of Tara

Popularity of Tara in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2018.
• Over recent years, Tara has been falling (−5.4% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Tara every 33 schools, all spellings combined.

Tara in English-speaking countries

Tara ranks 149^th in Ireland and 289^th in Northern Ireland, against 632^nd in France.

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  149^th girls’ name95 babies in 3 years1 girl in 683−7% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  289^th girls’ name16 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,407

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  357^th girls’ name102 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,515+7.5% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  461^st girls’ name22 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,805

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  509^th girls’ name16 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,399

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  533^rd girls’ name218 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,522+1.6% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  493^rd girls’ name11 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,817

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  991^st girls’ name779 babies in 3 years1 girl in 6,203+2.6% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Thara (in French)20
• Tarah10
• Tahra10

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Tara

• Deva
• Amber
• Jaya
• Ida
• Opale
• Uma
• Priya
• Neela
• Indira
• India
• Maya
• Taylor