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.

Taren**

#5,000 most common girls' name of all time · #8,473 across all names · 30% male / 70% female · used 1953–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#5,000
Rank overall
#8,473 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,689
Since 2016
88
Peak year
1982 #1,299
Best rank
#1,299 1982
Girls Boys peak 104/yr
1960198020002020

Taren first appears in 1953. 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 7 7
2022 5 5 10 #15,660
2021 7 7
2020 5 7 12 #15,423
2019 5 8 13 #15,877
2018 14 14
2017 10 10
2016 8 7 15 #11,964
2015 10 10
2014 7 8 15 #13,283
2013 7 17 24 #13,372
2012 6 19 25 #15,265
2011 8 23 31 #12,347
2010 7 10 17 #13,676
2009 9 10 19 #11,632
2008 7 17 24 #14,073
2007 9 12 21 #11,784
2006 16 15 31 #7,571
2005 9 23 32 #11,100
2004 7 11 18 #12,987
2003 7 13 20 #12,656
2002 14 12 26 #7,543
2001 16 20 36 #6,704
2000 14 17 31 #7,258
1999 8 20 28 #10,555
1998 15 13 28 #6,452
1997 21 20 41 #4,869
1996 30 20 50 #3,661
1995 24 19 43 #4,265
1994 29 17 46 #3,729
1993 26 17 43 #4,032
1992 37 18 55 #3,112
1991 24 9 33 #4,269
1990 44 44 #2,662
1989 32 10 42 #3,291
1988 47 6 53 #2,349
1987 50 10 60 #2,184
1986 51 51 #2,100
1985 90 10 100 #1,419
1984 60 60 #1,804
1983 60 5 65 #1,785
1982 98 6 104 #1,299
1981 20 20 #3,919
1980 19 19 #4,065
1979 18 18 #4,137
1978 13 13 #5,068
1977 10 5 15 #6,071
1976 14 14 #4,492
1975 14 14 #4,488
1974 20 20 #3,378
1973 6 6 #7,796
1972 10 10 #5,295
1971 10 10 #5,373
1970 10 10 #5,267
1969 9 5 14 #5,305
1968 13 13 #3,941
1966 10 10 #4,422
1965 11 11 #4,143
1964 6 6 #6,481
1963 10 10 #4,483
1962 12 12 #3,972
1960 6 6 #6,193
1959 6 6 #6,063
1958 6 6 #5,960
1956 6 6 #5,857
1953 6 6 #5,662