Girl · Irish
Tara
Say it: TAIR-uh
Meaning
From the Hill of Tara (Irish Teamhair), the seat of the high kings of Ireland, possibly meaning 'elevated place'; popularized as a name by Gone with the Wind. Unrelated to Sanskrit Tara 'star', a separate name.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Rose in the US after the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, peaking in the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 175,108 babies given this name since 1939
- At its height in 1972, about 1 in 210 girls
- 199 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tarah, Tarra
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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