Taren
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TARR-an
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Taren is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “thunder”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Taren mean?
Welsh: spelling of Taran; also a separate Sanskrit-derived name in Punjabi families
“thunder”
Welsh taran means thunder, linked to the Celtic thunder god Taranis; Taran is also the hero of Lloyd Alexander's Prydain novels.
Meaning borrowed from Taran. More on Wiktionary.
Is Taren a girl's or a boy's name?
Taren is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taren in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 5 boys.
Taren in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Taren in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Taren, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Taren in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 83 boys in the US were given Taren or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,646, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 94% of the babies named Taren in the US in 1982, and 26% in 2011.
Taren in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
Names like Taren
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aiden, Dylan, Kayden, Owen, Ronan, Kian, Jayden, Finn, Brody, Logan, Rowan, Declan
Other spellings of Taren
Names related to Taren
More Welsh names
Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith, Brynn
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, “Taren: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taren, updated 20 October 2026.