Taurus
Last seen for girls in 1981 at #8,128 · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to boys 96.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1976 · 112 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,991since 1967
Taurus over time
Rank among boys' names. Taurus has never cracked the top 700 here.
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 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,110 | 18 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,770 | 15 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,507 | 16 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,307 | 13 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,171 | 17 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,482 | 16 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,509 | 21 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,922 | 19 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,901 | 19 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,793 | 27 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,888 | 25 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,710 | 25 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,264 | 20 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,626 | 24 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,022 | 30 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,681 | 35 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,864 | 31 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,462 | 36 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,782 | 29 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,449 | 33 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,254 | 36 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,026 | 41 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,685 | 27 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,162 | 36 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,469 | 28 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,214 | 32 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,292 | 29 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,215 | 26 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,791 | 34 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,116 | 26 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,764 | 32 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,594 | 37 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,264 | 54 | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #1,188 | 60 |
| 1980 | — | #1,111 | 66 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #1,028 | 74 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #865 | 99 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #869 | 95 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #783 | 112 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #808 | 106 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #786 | 103 |
| 1973 | — | #847 | 87 | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #1,032 | 61 |
| 1971 | — | #1,745 | 26 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,213 | 17 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,308 | 14 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Taurus! It came in at #2,611, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1968, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Taurus
- 962 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #6,803)
- 231 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #6,803)
- 1,296 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1973 (#1,032 → #847)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1979 (#865 → #1,028)
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1976 at #783 (112 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1973–1978
- Highest: 1 in 14,009 boys born in 1976 were named Taurus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 39.2% of all boys named Taurus (780) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29 | #2,308 (1969) | #3,018 |
| 1970s | 780 | #783 (1976) | #1,098 |
| 1980s | 389 | #1,111 (1980) | #1,770 |
| 1990s | 316 | #2,026 (1995) | #2,496 |
| 2000s | 255 | #2,681 (2001) | #3,767 |
| 2010s | 153 | #4,509 (2011) | #5,782 |
| 2020s | 69 | #5,110 (2021) | #7,304 |
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.
Taurus in 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
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1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 17,915 of them was named Taurus, which outranked 85.6% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #843Cortez88
- #843Davin88
- #843Sandy88
- #847Taurus87
- #847Burton87
- #847Chadd87
- #847Hunter87
- #852Abdul86
- #852Amy86
- #852Christoper86
Tied with 4 names at #847; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.