Tarah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAH-ra
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Tarah is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “elevated place”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Tarah 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 Tarah a girl's or a boy's name?
Tarah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tarah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 6 girls.
Tarah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 2 | #7,797 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Tarah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Tarah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 267 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Tarah in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 367 girls in the US were given Tarah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #741, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Tarah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,734 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 58 | #2,596 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,589 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,911 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,989 |
| 1997 | 108 | #1,502 |
| 1996 | 100 | #1,569 |
| 1995 | 95 | #1,584 |
| 1994 | 130 | #1,301 |
| 1993 | 126 | #1,323 |
| 1992 | 125 | #1,337 |
| 1991 | 152 | #1,154 |
| 1990 | 184 | #992 |
| 1989 | 196 | #916 |
| 1988 | 212 | #848 |
| 1987 | 196 | #866 |
| 1986 | 188 | #879 |
| 1985 | 267 | #675 |
| 1984 | 265 | #660 |
| 1983 | 262 | #658 |
| 1982 | 205 | #789 |
| 1981 | 212 | #768 |
| 1980 | 179 | #859 |
| 1979 | 117 | #1,140 |
| 1978 | 133 | #1,025 |
| 1977 | 145 | #952 |
| 1976 | 80 | #1,343 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,807 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,913 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,349 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,946 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Names like Tarah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Farah Hibah Zainab Aaliyah Samah Safa Zairah Farrah Afrah Aakifah Umamah
Other spellings of Tarah
Names related to Tarah
Tiara Tahira Tyrah Tahera Tiarah Tariyah Tahari Tariah Torah
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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, “Tarah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tarah, updated 20 October 2026.