Tarsha
Tarsha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 630th, in 1974.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1974246 births
- Best rank
- #630in 1974
- Since 1961
- 2,375people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,375 girls have been named Tarsha in the United States since 1961, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1974, with 246 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 246 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1970s alone account for 72%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1974, its biggest year
Tarsha was the 630th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1974 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Heather and Angela. See all of 1974.
Names that rose and fell with Tarsha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tishapeak 1971
- Shondapeak 1970
- Buffypeak 1972
- Billiejopeak 1974
- Triciapeak 1971
- Lasonyapeak 1971
- Windypeak 1975
- Mendypeak 1974
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.