Over the past 110 years, 34 boys and 172 490 girls have been named Tara. The name Tara ranks 7860th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Tara in 1972. The peak of popularity of the name Tara came in the 1970s and 1980s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.