Taria
Mace: The Dark Age is a 1997 fighting video game developed and published by Atari Games for arcades, with a port for the Nintendo 64 later released by Midway. Like many fighting games of the time, its style is marked by extreme violence, with characters graphically slaying defeated opponents.
Meaning & Origin of Taria
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mace: The Dark Age is a 1997 fighting video game developed and published by Atari Games for arcades, with a port for the Nintendo 64 later released by Midway. Like many fighting games of the time, its style is marked by extreme violence, with characters graphically slaying defeated opponents.
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The Story of Taria
Taria first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1959, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1981, when 28 Tarias were born — ranking #3,066 that year. As of 2026, Taria ranks #16,544 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 679 Tarias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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About the name Taria
Taria is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1959 and has accumulated 679 births in the dataset. Taria's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #3,066. Use the chart and map above to compare Taria's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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