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.

Taurus

#3,072 most common boys' name of all time · #7,446 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1967–2025

Rank among boys
#3,072
Rank overall
#7,446 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
2,075
Since 2016
122
Peak year
1976 #784
Best rank
#784 1976
Girls Boys peak 126/yr
198020002020

Taurus 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 — 12 12 #6,893
2024 — 10 10 #7,892
2023 — 11 11 #7,387
2022 — 7 7 #10,024
2021 — 18 18 #5,182
2020 — 11 11 #7,138
2019 — 16 16 #5,635
2018 — 15 15 #5,837
2017 — 10 10 #7,704
2016 — 12 12 #6,823
2015 — 16 16 #5,576
2014 — 13 13 #6,395
2013 — 17 17 #5,238
2012 — 16 16 #5,549
2011 — 21 21 #4,551
2010 — 17 17 #5,324
2009 — 19 19 #4,979
2008 — 19 19 #4,954
2007 — 27 27 #3,838
2006 — 25 25 #3,932
2005 — 25 25 #3,752
2004 — 20 20 #4,314
2003 — 24 24 #3,669
2002 — 30 30 #3,057
2001 — 35 35 #2,715
2000 — 31 31 #2,893
1999 — 36 36 #2,484
1998 — 29 29 #2,820
1997 — 33 33 #2,483
1996 — 36 36 #2,283
1995 — 41 41 #2,049
1994 — 27 27 #2,737
1993 — 36 36 #2,186
1992 — 18 18 #3,530
1991 — 28 28 #2,516
1990 — 32 32 #2,243
1989 — 29 29 #2,340
1988 — 25 25 #2,425
1987 — 26 26 #2,262
1986 — 34 34 #1,828
1985 — 26 26 #2,155
1984 — 32 32 #1,789
1983 — 37 37 #1,619
1982 — 54 54 #1,275
1981 7 60 67 #1,195
1980 — 66 66 #1,124
1979 6 74 80 #1,033
1978 16 99 115 #868
1977 9 95 104 #871
1976 14 112 126 #784
1975 12 106 118 #810
1974 13 103 116 #792
1973 — 87 87 #851
1972 7 61 68 #1,039
1971 — 26 26 #1,781
1970 — 17 17 #2,286
1969 — 14 14 #2,412
1968 — 5 5 #4,658
1967 — 10 10 #2,759