Taara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAH-ra
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Taara is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “elevated place”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Taara mean?
Irish: spelling of Tara; from the Hill of Tara; separately a Sanskrit name meaning star
“elevated place”
The Hill of Tara was the seat of Ireland's high kings; Tara is also a Hindu and Buddhist goddess whose name means star.
Meaning borrowed from Tara. More on Wiktionary.
Is Taara a girl's or a boy's name?
Taara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Taara, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 5 girls.
In 2025, 112 girls in the UK were given Taara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #408, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Taara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
How popular is Taara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 370% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Taara, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Taara in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 367 girls in the US were given Taara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #741, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Taara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Taara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Ayra Irha Hafsa Mirha Abeeha Raya Rahma Hiba Aiza Rehmat Sama
Other spellings of Taara
Names related to Taara
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Taara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taara, updated 20 October 2026.