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Taras

#6,119 most common boys' name of all time · #15,253 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1922–2025

Rank among boys
#6,119
Rank overall
#15,253 of 105,966
First appeared
1922
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
671
Since 2016
50
Peak year
1969 #1,343
Best rank
#1,343 1969
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
19401960198020002020

Taras first appears in 1922. 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 5 5 #12,200
2024 6 6 #11,094
2023 10 10 #7,827
2022 6 6 #11,040
2020 5 5 #12,237
2019 5 5 #12,359
2018 7 7 #9,802
2016 6 6 #10,922
2015 5 5 #12,308
2014 8 8 #8,909
2010 11 11 #7,152
2009 9 9 #8,409
2008 12 12 #6,842
2007 7 7 #9,949
2006 7 7 #9,744
2005 8 8 #8,440
2004 10 10 #7,083
2003 9 9 #7,347
2002 7 7 #8,603
2000 8 8 #7,544
1999 11 11 #5,737
1998 9 9 #6,416
1996 6 6 #8,160
1995 13 13 #4,583
1994 9 9 #5,982
1993 6 6 #7,849
1991 11 11 #4,863
1988 8 8 #5,363
1987 8 8 #5,110
1985 5 5 #6,805
1984 6 6 #5,785
1983 6 6 #5,728
1982 8 8 #4,727
1981 7 7 #5,142
1980 6 6 #5,752
1979 10 10 #3,900
1978 11 11 #3,486
1977 9 9 #3,956
1976 9 9 #3,846
1975 7 7 #4,500
1974 17 17 #2,415
1973 15 15 #2,567
1972 11 11 #3,082
1971 11 11 #3,062
1970 20 20 #2,033
1969 36 36 #1,343
1968 11 11 #2,680
1967 11 11 #2,575
1966 20 20 #1,749
1965 26 26 #1,550
1964 16 16 #2,101
1963 16 16 #2,091
1962 12 12 #2,469
1961 13 13 #2,387
1960 8 8 #3,251
1959 11 11 #2,634
1958 9 9 #2,975
1957 12 12 #2,475
1956 10 10 #2,772
1955 9 9 #2,917
1954 12 12 #2,428
1953 16 16 #2,023
1952 6 6 #3,630
1951 12 12 #2,351
1950 5 5 #4,030
1927 5 5 #4,693
1922 5 5 #4,954