Taralyn
Feminine
Taralyn joins an Irish place name to the ending American naming attached to almost anything in the last century. The hill it names was excavated, at the turn of that century, by men who believed the Ark of the Covenant was buried in it.
How old is the name Taralyn?
Taralyn first appears in US birth records in 1964 — 61 years ago. The typical Taralyn alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 700 people named Taralyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Taralyn most popular?
Taralyn peaked in 1977, reaching #3176 nationally. See the whole 1977 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Taralyn
Between eighteen ninety-nine and nineteen hundred and two a group called the British Israelites dug trenches across the Hill of Tara. Their theory was that the Israelites of the lost tribes had reached Ireland and buried the Ark of the Covenant there, and they had leased the land and begun cutting into the earthworks. They found nothing but some Roman coins, and they did a good deal of damage to a monument complex that had been in use for four thousand years. Yeats, Maud Gonne and Arthur Griffith went to the site and protested in person; Yeats wrote a letter to the papers, and Gonne is said to have lit a bonfire on the hill and sung while the diggers worked. The excavation was eventually stopped. The trenches are still visible.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The front is an Irish hill name whose own etymology is argued over, and there is no evidence that American families took it from there rather than from the film that made it famous. The ending is a free element with no content. Nothing records the join.
Pronouncing Taralyn
TAR-uh-lin
Three syllables with the stress at the front. The first vowel is said two ways in American English, which is the one thing about the name that is genuinely open.
Nicknames for Taralyn
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1964
- Most girls named
- 198426 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3176reached in 1977
- Change vs 2016
- −16.7%5 in 2024, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Taralyns among us
people named Taralyn are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Taralyn sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Tara detaches cleanly and is a complete name.
- Front stress on three syllables is a comfortable English rhythm.
- The spelling is phonetic and survives being heard once.
- Taralynn, Terralyn and Tarilyn are all recorded and will be written for it.
- The first vowel has two readings, so the name is said two ways.
- The ending carries no meaning, so only half the name has anything to report.
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- How many Taralyns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Taralyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Taralyn in 2025?
- Taralyn is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Taralyn with classmates?
- Taralyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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