Tahira comes from the Arabic tradition, meaning Pure and chaste.
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How popular is Tahira?
1975peak year
The name Tahira reached its peak in 1975, with 43 registrations (ranked #2051). It had only entered records 5 years earlier, in 1970. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #5734) today, averaging about 23 new babies per year. Tahira's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 1,281 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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