Taran
Taran is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 31 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 310.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1992117 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1971
- 2,590people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,030 boys have been named Taran in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 117 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 39%.
Taran is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are girls (560), most of them born around 1985.
By decade
In 1992, its biggest year
Taran was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1992 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Taran
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lavontepeak 1995
- Jaleelpeak 1994
- Devontaepeak 1992
- Traepeak 1993
- Darienpeak 1994
- Deontaypeak 1996
- Javontepeak 1992
- Parthpeak 1999
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.