Tarus

Last seen for boys in 2011 at #10,808

Peak · boys
1976 · 40 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
534
since 1965

Tarus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Tarus has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #1,411, 1976boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2011#10,8086
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2008#8,3249
2007#8,1739
2006#8,7328
2005#10,1516
2004#11,3565
2003#9,5816
2002#10,6675
2001#7,5368
2000
1999#9,9125
1998#5,46611
1997#5,64210
1996#6,4968
1995#8,8685
1994#5,10911
1993
1992#4,87211
1991#6,5197
1990#4,16713
1989#6,9416
1988#3,91512
1987#3,20115
1986#5,3327
1985#4,05210
1984#3,45912
1983#2,67617
1982#3,96610
1981#3,22113
1980#2,96515
1979#2,15723
1978#1,91326
1977#2,00824
1976#1,41140
1975#1,75328
1974#1,79026
1973#1,81724
1972#1,87123
1971#3,14610
1970#3,5218
1969#2,41513
1968#2,9079
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1966#2,62710
1965#2,61710
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First appearance
1965

The first year at least five boys were named Tarus! It came in at #2,617, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1967, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Tarus
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1965
  • Peaked 1976 at #1,411 (40 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 39,225
  • Highest: 1 in 39,225 boys born in 1976 were named Tarus (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 316,542 boys born in 2011 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 43.4% of all boys named Tarus (232) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s42#2,415 (1969)#2,642
1970s232#1,411 (1976)#2,139
1980s117#2,676 (1983)#3,973
1990s81#4,167 (1990)#6,339
2000s56#7,536 (2001)#9,315
2010s6#10,808 (2011)#10,808

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.

Tarus in 1965

boys
#2,617
10 births · 1 in 186,014 boys

Top boys' names in 1965

  1. #1Michael80,992
  2. #2John71,493
  3. #3David67,825
  4. #4James67,666
  5. #5Robert63,106
  6. #6William40,111
  7. #7Mark38,244
  8. #8Richard36,817
  9. #9Thomas31,595
  10. #10Jeffrey29,574
  11. #2,617Tarus10
More about 1965

boys

1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 186,014 of them was named Tarus, which outranked 40.9% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tarus
  1. #2,476Winthrop11
  2. #2,476Wolfgang11
  3. #2,476Zeb11
  4. #2,617Tarus10
  5. #2,617Abran10
  6. #2,617Adell10
  7. #2,617Adolf10
  8. #2,780Agostino9
  9. #2,780Aldric9
  10. #2,780Alferd9

Tied with 162 names at #2,617; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. 785Trace#1,655#870
  2. 729Darran#1,729#1,000
  3. 655Daryn#1,371#716
  4. 648Darian#1,545#897
  5. 512Darryn#1,327#815
Fallers
  1. 1,557Jaimie#809#2,366
  2. 443Tammy#875#1,318
  3. 406Destry#637#1,043
  4. 318Dewitt#936#1,254
  5. 303Cassius#860#1,163

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1965