Taray

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Taray has been given to 92 babies in the U.S. since 1977. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1995, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Taray, 2009

1 in 546,000

Taray over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Taray: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Taray means

Taray is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Taray is used in Amis.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 92 boys were recorded with the name Taray between 1977 and 2009. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1995; its best national rank was #5,861 in 1995.

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.

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How common is Taray?

Taray had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2009, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2009: 1 in 546,000; 7 of 3,820,315 births
Among boys only: 1 in 283,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2009: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 378,293 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Taray 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 2009 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 378,293 children born in 2009 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Taray. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tarays were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Taray was born before 1993 — so the typical Taray is around 32 today.

Median birth year: 1993; About 32 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 35.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 89.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 92; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 35.9% of all recorded uses (33).

Is Taray 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1995 (10)
Years since peak: 30; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 23.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,861; 1995

Spellings of Taray

Taray is not the most common spelling — Gary is, with 25.6% against Taray's <0.01%.

Gary25.6%902,152
Larry23.0%807,588
Terry12.1%424,523
Harry12.0%423,866
Troy6.1%216,308
Ray5.8%204,701
Barry5.2%181,270
Tracy1.7%61,501

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.

Taray by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,861; 1995
Peak year: 1995; 10 that year
First recorded: 1977
Last recorded: 2009
All-time count: 92
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Taray

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

Tarak Tareq Tarez Tarig Taris Taren Taras Tarris Tareek Taryn Tarzan Tarrin Taraj Tarun Jaray Taryll Tarick Tary Tarin Taria Tarl Tarion Taraji Tarrel

Sibling names for Taray

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

For a sister

Salena Corrina Alexandrea Iman Breonna Fabiola Berenice Alex

For a brother

Hernan Rashawn Madison Austen Deonte Denton Austyn Claudio

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