Taran
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #13,069 · #2,884 for boys in 2025, 43 births
Given to boys 78.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 117 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,073since 1971
Taran over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,884 | 43 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,605 | 31 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,220 | 25 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,774 | 29 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,582 | 31 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,570 | 30 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,426 | 33 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,796 | 43 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,586 | 30 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,441 | 32 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,684 | 45 | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #2,542 | 48 |
| 2013 | — | #2,804 | 41 | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #2,517 | 49 |
| 2011 | — | #2,590 | 47 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,874 | 41 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,348 | 55 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #2,632 | 47 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #2,094 | 65 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #2,375 | 52 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #2,902 | 36 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #2,283 | 50 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | #2,128 | 52 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #2,195 | 48 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #2,086 | 50 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #2,087 | 48 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | #1,421 | 82 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #1,301 | 91 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #1,438 | 75 |
| 1996 | #3,831 | 28 | #1,321 | 82 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | #1,187 | 95 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 | #1,146 | 98 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | #1,097 | 104 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | #1,004 | 117 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #2,021 | 53 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Taran! It came in at #3,370, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Taran
- 721 spots since 2024 (#3,605 → #2,884)
- 686 spots since 2020 (#3,570 → #2,884)
- 200 spots since 2015 (#2,684 → #2,884)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1992 at #1,004 (117 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 17,072 boys born in 1992 were named Taran (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 39,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.3% of all boys named Taran (793) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1989, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 76 | #3,168 (1979) | #3,997 |
| 1980s | 103 | #2,824 (1984) | #4,257 |
| 1990s | 793 | #1,004 (1992) | #1,552 |
| 2000s | 503 | #2,086 (2001) | #2,313 |
| 2010s | 409 | #2,517 (2012) | #2,926 |
| 2020s | 189 | #2,884 (2025) | #3,606 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Taran in 1995
Top girls' names in 1995
Top boys' names in 1995
More about 1995
girls
1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 58,618 of them was named Taran, which outranked 77.2% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,492Vivien31
- #3,492Xandria31
- #3,492Zayra31
- #3,585Taran30
- #3,585Ajah30
- #3,585Alliah30
- #3,585Aminata30
- #3,670Abigal29
- #3,670Alexxus29
- #3,670Alysse29
Tied with 84 names at #3,585; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 20,039 of them was named Taran, which outranked 88.5% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,182Mckay96
- #1,182Shlomo96
- #1,182Virgil96
- #1,187Taran95
- #1,187Daren95
- #1,187Darrick95
- #1,187Reilly95
- #1,194Garrick94
- #1,194Joseluis94
- #1,194Kale94
Tied with 6 names at #1,187; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.