Tarun
Boy · Sanskrit
Tarun is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Tarun mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
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Is Tarun a girl's or a boy's name?
Tarun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tarun 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 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tarun in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Tarun in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,172 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,046 |
| 2002 | 19 | #988 |
| 2001 | 18 | #978 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,021 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,066 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Tarun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Tarun, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 63 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Tarun in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 83 boys in the US were given Tarun or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,646, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Tarun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 46 | #2,662 |
| 2008 | 53 | #2,404 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,649 |
| 2004 | 42 | #2,565 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,098 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,333 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
Names like Tarun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Tarun
Names related to Tarun
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