Tary
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Tary has been given to 87 babies in the U.S. since 1946. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1960, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% boys, 34% girls all-time.
Babies named Tary, 1971
1 in 686,000
Tary over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Tary over time
In 1984, Tary went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Tary?
Tary had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1971, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1971
- 1 in 686,000
- 5 of 3,432,187 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 354,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1971
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 475,803 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Tary sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1971 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 475,803 children born in 1971 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tary. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Tarys were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Tary was born before 1960 — so the typical Tary is around 65 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1960s
- 42.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 91.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 46
- People you could plausibly meet
1960s — 42.1% of all recorded uses (24).
Is Tary rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1960 (7)
- Years since peak
- 65
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 20.0% average annual change
Spellings of Tary
Tary is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 19.9% against Tary's <0.01%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Tary around the world
Where Tary ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1987–1987#684in 1987
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Tary by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Tary
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Tary
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.