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Taras

#13,669 in 2025Boys' name

Possibly from Taras

Taras has been given to 671 babies in the U.S. since 1922. In 2025 it ranked #13,669 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1969, with 36 recorded.

Babies named Taras, 2025

1 in 663,000

Taras over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Taras: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly from Taras

Ukrainian

What Taras means

Taras may mean “from Taras”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Taras is used in Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /tɐ.ˈras/ and /ta.ˈras/ for Taras.

Origin, language, and formation

Taras is used in English. Its origins include Ukrainian.

Taras comes through Ukrainian Тара́с.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 671 boys were recorded with the name Taras between 1922 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 36 in 1969; its best national rank was #1,350 in 1969.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,814 in 2020 to #13,669 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,814 in 2015 to #13,669 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Taras?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,669
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Taras sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Taras. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tarass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Taras was born before 1973 — so the typical Taras is around 52 today.

Median birth year
1973
About 52 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
25.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
21.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
661
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Choose a decade

1960s — 25.2% of all recorded uses (169).

Is Taras rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,485
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+145
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+145
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
13.9%
Peak was 1969 (36)
Years since peak
56
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,350
1969

Spellings of Taras

Taras is not the most common spelling — Tomas is, with 20.1% against Taras's 0.44%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Taras is used

Across 1910–2025, Taras was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,101,436 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Taras has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Taras around the world

Where Taras ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1991–2007
    #1,986
    in 2007
  • South Australia
    1951–2003
    #588
    in 2003

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Taras by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,669
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 145
Best rank ever
#1,350
1969
Peak year
1969
36 that year
First recorded
1922
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
671
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Taras

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Taras

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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