Thara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAH-ra
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Thara is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Thara mean?
Sanskrit: South Indian spelling of Tara
“star”
A South Indian spelling of Tara, from Sanskrit tara 'star'.
Is Thara a girl's or a boy's name?
Thara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 467% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Thara, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Thara of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
In 2025, 112 girls in the UK were given Thara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #408, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Thara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Thara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 109% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Thara, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Thara in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 367 girls in the US were given Thara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #741, up from #5,553 for this spelling alone.
Thara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Names like Thara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Viha, Arya, Krisha, Aadhya, Kridha, Dhyana, Nishtha, Divisha, Shreeja, Navya, Aarya
Other spellings of Thara
Names related to Thara
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
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, “Thara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thara, updated 20 October 2026.