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Taurus

#7,137 in 2025Boys' name

Bull

Taurus has been given to 2,075 babies in the U.S. since 1967. In 2025 it ranked #7,137 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1976, with 112 recorded.

Babies named Taurus, 2025

1 in 276,000

Taurus over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Taurus: meaning, origin, and history

Bull

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Taurus means

Taurus means “bull”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,991 boys were recorded with the name Taurus between 1967 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 112 in 1976; its best national rank was #785 in 1976.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,439 in 2020 to #7,137 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,712 in 2015 to #7,137 in 2025.

In the United States, 84 girls were recorded with the name Taurus between 1972 and 1981. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1978; its best national rank was #4,440 in 1978.

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.

How common is Taurus?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 276,000
12 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 142,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,137
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Taurus 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 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Taurus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tauruss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Taurus was born before 1983 — so the typical Taurus is around 42 today.

Median birth year
1983
About 42 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
39.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
22.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,991
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1970s — 39.2% of all recorded uses (780).

Is Taurus 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
+1,110
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+302
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,425
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.75×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.7%
Peak was 1976 (112)
Years since peak
49
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#785
1976

Spellings of Taurus

Taurus is not the most common spelling — Tyrus is, with 38.7% against Taurus's 15.7%.

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 Taurus is used

Across 1910–2025, Taurus was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 102,172 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 33,333
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 33,333
  3. 3Florida1 in 50,000
  4. 4Mississippi1 in 50,000
  5. 5Alabama1 in 100,000
  6. 6District of Columbia1 in 100,000
  7. 7Louisiana1 in 100,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 100,000

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. Taurus has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Taurus around the world

Where Taurus 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
    2019–2019
    #3,937
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    2008–2008
    #726
    in 2008

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

Taurus by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,137
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 302
Best rank ever
#785
1976
Peak year
1976
112 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,991
Count in 2025
12

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,440
1978
Peak year
1978
16 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
1981
All-time count
84
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Taurus

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

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Sibling names for Taurus

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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