Tarrah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAH-ra
- Origin
- Irish
Tarrah is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “elevated place”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tarrah 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 Tarrah a girl's or a boy's name?
Tarrah is a girls' name.
How popular is Tarrah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 128 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Tarrah in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tarrah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,613 |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,484 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,358 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | 43 | #2,316 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,850 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,515 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,150 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,409 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,785 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,596 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,893 |
| 1977 | 128 | #1,034 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Tarrah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Farah, Farrah, Summer, Aaliyah, Hadassah, Zainab, Zaira, Shayla, Safiya, Aysha, Safa, Faiza
Names related to Tarrah
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
Sources
Figures from 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, “Tarrah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tarrah, updated 20 October 2026.