Taras

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
1969 · 36 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
671
since 1922

Taras over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #1,326, 1969boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#10,9386
2023#7,73810
2022#10,8636
2021—
2020#12,0225
2019#12,1455
2018#9,6707
2017—
2016#10,7446
2015#12,0865
2014#8,7818
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2010#7,08711
2009#8,3109
2008#6,76312
2007#9,7887
2006#9,5857
2005#8,2998
2004#6,97610
2003#7,2459
2002#8,4567
2001—
2000#7,4168
1999#5,65611
1998#6,3149
1997—
1996#7,9716
1995#4,50813
1994#5,8689
1993#7,6386
1992—
1991#4,76011
1990—
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1988#5,2008
1987#4,9688
1986—
1985#6,5235
1984#5,5616
1983#5,4846
1982#4,5938
1981#4,9617
1980#5,5256
1979#3,81010
1978#3,40011
1977#3,8369
1976#3,7249
1975#4,3097
1974#2,35817
1973#2,51315
1972#2,99111
1971#2,97311
1970#1,98920
1969#1,32636
1968#2,57611
1967#2,47011
1966#1,72320
1965#1,51326
1964#2,04016
1963#2,04416
1962#2,36412
1961#2,32213
1960#3,0778
1959#2,53011
1958#2,8189
1957#2,37512
1956#2,62810
1955#2,7649
1954#2,31612
1953#1,95816
1952#3,3736
1951#2,24612
1950#3,6815
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First appearance
1922

The first year at least five boys were named Taras! It came in at #4,307, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1922–1950, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Taras is popular in 1969

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,044 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 28,965 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Taras, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,044 · 1 in 28,965

Best ever in a state: #581 in Pennsylvania, 1953.

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See more about Taras
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,070 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #12,008)
  • 14 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #12,008)
  • 78 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1922
  • Peaked 1969 at #1,326 (36 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 2 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 49,672
  • Highest: 1 in 49,672 boys born in 1969 were named Taras (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 25.2% of all boys named Taras (169) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s10#4,210 (1927)#4,259
1930s0——
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1950s102#1,958 (1953)#2,669
1960s169#1,326 (1969)#2,146
1970s120#1,989 (1970)#3,190
1980s54#4,593 (1982)#5,352
1990s65#4,508 (1995)#6,102
2000s77#6,763 (2008)#8,093
2010s42#7,087 (2010)#10,086
2020s32#7,738 (2023)#10,714

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.

Taras in 1969

boys
#1,326
36 births · 1 in 49,672 boys

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #1,326Taras36
More about 1969

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 49,672 of them was named Taras, which outranked 73.7% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Taras
  1. #1,302Tyree37
  2. #1,302Vernell37
  3. #1,302Wardell37
  4. #1,326Taras36
  5. #1,326Ahmed36
  6. #1,326Antwon36
  7. #1,326Artis36
  8. #1,351Allyn35
  9. #1,351Alphonse35
  10. #1,351Bertrand35

Tied with 24 names at #1,326; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →