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 | ||
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| 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.
Where Taran is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#537 · 1 in 5,748
- Michigan#871 · 1 in 11,861
- California#1,531 · 1 in 30,698
Best ever in a state: #177 in South Dakota, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Wisconsin | #537 | 5 | 1 in 5,748 |
| Michigan | #871 | 5 | 1 in 11,861 |
| California | #1,531 | 8 | 1 in 30,698 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 193,412 of them was named Taran, which outranked 44.2% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,334Zarriah10
- #8,334Zerina10
- #8,334Zeynep10
- #9,017Taran9
- #9,017Aaminah9
- #9,017Aarica9
- #9,017Abagael9
- #9,802Aaliayah8
- #9,802Aamina8
- #9,802Aaren8
Tied with 784 names at #9,017; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 25,135 of them was named Taran, which outranked 86.7% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,423Rayquan76
- #1,423Richie76
- #1,423Rudolph76
- #1,438Taran75
- #1,438Ajay75
- #1,438Case75
- #1,438Dayne75
- #1,456Christion74
- #1,456Dameon74
- #1,456Dax74
Tied with 17 names at #1,438; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.