Taz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAZ
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Taz is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Taz mean?
English: short form of names such as Tariq or Tasman
Usually a nickname-style short form; Taz is also the Tasmanian Devil of the Looney Tunes cartoons.
Is Taz a girl's or a boy's name?
Taz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Taz, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the boys named Taz in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
Names like Taz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Muhammad Hamza Musa Zahir Zamir Saif Amir Ahmad Abdullah Ibrahim Mustafa
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Taz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taz, updated 20 October 2026.