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Baby name
Tara
Girl
Origin of the name
Tara is the name of a sacred hill in Ireland, the seat of the ancient High Kings.
Short-lived name
175,812births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 38rank at its peak, in 1972
Where babies named Tara are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Tara is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Tara is most common in New Jersey (1.7 times), Wyoming (1.6) and South Dakota (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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