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 | ||
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| 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.
Where Taurus is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#285 · 1 in 2,345
- Georgia#303 · 1 in 2,360
- Mississippi#309 · 1 in 2,307
- Tennessee#330 · 1 in 3,549
- Florida#514 · 1 in 5,668
Best ever in a state: #213 in Tennessee, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #285 | 11 | 1 in 2,345 |
| Georgia | #303 | 16 | 1 in 2,360 |
| Mississippi | #309 | 8 | 1 in 2,307 |
| Tennessee | #330 | 9 | 1 in 3,549 |
| Florida | #514 | 9 | 1 in 5,668 |
| Texas | #666 | 13 | 1 in 8,855 |
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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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 95,741 of them was named Taurus, which outranked 63.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,079Tyrhonda17
- #4,079Yolande17
- #4,079Zarinah17
- #4,242Taurus16
- #4,242Abra16
- #4,242Adrea16
- #4,242Adrean16
- #4,459Adelia15
- #4,459Akesha15
- #4,459Akira15
Tied with 216 names at #4,242; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 16,584 of them was named Taurus, which outranked 87.2% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).