Taran

Where Taran comes from

The dictionaries list Taran as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1971
    First appearance
    #3,370 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1990
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1992
    Peak, #1,004
    117 babies named Taran — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2000
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,087.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Taran hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.