girls:
189 births since 1943
#5527 (3rd percentile)
boys:
430 births since 1940
#4156 (9th percentile)
overall:
619 births since 1940
#7120 (8th percentile)
The name Tarry is the #7,120 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 619 recorded births since 1940. This represents the 8.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,156 (9.3% percentile) for all time with 430 births since 1940. For girls, it ranks #5,527 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 189 births since 1943.
Tarry first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1940 (1940 for boys and 1943 for girls). Birth data for Tarry is available in 43 out of the 65 years between 1940 and 2004 (43 years for boys and 24 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tarry has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (69.5% of all recorded births). In 2004, 100.0% of babies named Tarry were boys.
For boys, Tarry reached its peak popularity in 1968, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #627) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1968, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2004.
For girls, Tarry reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #755) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1976.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tarry".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Tarry", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 17 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Terry" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Terry..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Tarry. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.5% confident that Tarry is pronounced as TEH-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TA-ree, at 37.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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