Tara
71
Babies in 2024
-10%
10-year change
1998
Peak · 466
+25%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Tara
Tara peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (466 babies in 1998) and has remained in active use — 71 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Tara reached its peak in 1998, when 466 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #110 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 71 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 5,114 girls have been officially registered with the name Tara in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 781 girls were registered with the name, starting from 79 in 2014 and ending at 71 in 2024.