Taras
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Taras is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Taras mean?
Slavic
A male given name from Ukrainian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Taras a girl's or a boy's name?
Taras is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taras in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 3 boys.
Taras in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Taras in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Taras, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1969, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the boys named Taras in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taras in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 36 | #1,326 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 20 | #1,722 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
Names like Taras
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed, Hassan, Muhammad, Hamza, Abbas, Amir, Thomas, Khalid, Umar, Taha, Usman, Musa
Names related to Taras
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Taras: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taras, updated 20 October 2026.