Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Taran**

#2,660 most common boys' name of all time · #6,391 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1967–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,660
Rank overall
#6,391 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
2,633
Since 2016
327
Peak year
1992 #1,008
Best rank
#1,008 1992
Girls Boys peak 142/yr
198020002020

Taran first appears in 1967. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 43 43 #2,900
2024 — 31 31 #3,640
2023 — 25 25 #4,247
2022 — 29 29 #3,802
2021 — 31 31 #3,612
2020 — 30 30 #3,598
2019 — 33 33 #3,454
2018 — 43 43 #2,816
2017 — 30 30 #3,613
2016 — 32 32 #3,475
2015 — 45 45 #2,700
2014 7 48 55 #2,560
2013 — 41 41 #2,825
2012 8 49 57 #2,529
2011 — 47 47 #2,608
2010 — 41 41 #2,892
2009 — 55 55 #2,361
2008 5 47 52 #2,651
2007 5 65 70 #2,103
2006 12 52 64 #2,382
2005 6 36 42 #2,924
2004 9 50 59 #2,293
2003 13 52 65 #2,136
2002 9 48 57 #2,207
2001 6 50 56 #2,100
2000 10 48 58 #2,114
1999 16 82 98 #1,430
1998 10 91 101 #1,318
1997 9 75 84 #1,450
1996 28 82 110 #1,328
1995 30 95 125 #1,192
1994 23 98 121 #1,151
1993 23 104 127 #1,102
1992 25 117 142 #1,008
1991 17 31 48 #2,331
1990 15 18 33 #3,391
1989 13 11 24 #4,665
1988 16 13 29 #3,829
1987 10 12 22 #3,855
1986 22 13 35 #3,565
1985 53 6 59 #6,108
1984 32 16 48 #2,906
1983 32 7 39 #5,192
1982 38 11 49 #3,877
1981 6 6 12 #5,870
1980 7 8 15 #4,751
1979 9 13 22 #3,308
1978 14 12 26 #3,351
1977 — 6 6 #5,524
1976 6 10 16 #3,639
1975 6 7 13 #4,638
1974 — 6 6 #5,009
1973 — 8 8 #3,967
1972 — 5 5 #5,478
1971 — 9 9 #3,611
1969 5 — 5 —
1967 5 — 5 —