Taurus
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Taurus is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “bull”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Taurus mean?
Latin: the constellation and zodiac sign
“bull”
The constellation Taurus contains the bright star Aldebaran and the Pleiades star cluster.
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Is Taurus a girl's or a boy's name?
Taurus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taurus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Taurus, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1976, with 112 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the boys named Taurus in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taurus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 36 | #2,249 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,021 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,209 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,789 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,763 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1982 | 54 | #1,263 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,188 |
| 1980 | 66 | #1,111 |
| 1979 | 74 | #1,028 |
| 1978 | 99 | #865 |
| 1977 | 95 | #869 |
| 1976 | 112 | #783 |
| 1975 | 106 | #808 |
| 1974 | 103 | #786 |
| 1973 | 87 | #847 |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,032 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,744 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
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