Taro
#8,658 most common boys' name of all time · #21,861 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1919–2024
Rank among boys
#8,658
Rank overall
#21,861 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
368
Since 2016
30
Peak year
1997 #4,729
Best rank
#2,664 1919
Girls
Boys
peak 13/yr
Taro first appears in 1919. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,070 |
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,453 |
| 2019 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,887 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,803 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,375 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,707 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,297 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,211 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,944 |
| 2010 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,652 |
| 2009 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,875 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,764 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,288 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,726 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,758 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,266 |
| 2003 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,801 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,168 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,033 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,338 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,265 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,922 |
| 1997 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,729 |
| 1995 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,865 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,999 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,832 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,626 |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,198 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,614 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,487 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,780 |
| 1984 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,016 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,180 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,550 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,112 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,601 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,775 |
| 1974 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,021 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,143 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,457 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,898 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,109 |
| 1922 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,009 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,831 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,800 |
| 1919 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,664 |