Tharun
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAH-run
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Tharun is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “young; youthful”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Tharun mean?
Sanskrit: South Indian spelling of Tarun
“young; youthful”
Is Tharun a girl's or a boy's name?
Tharun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tharun in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Tharun, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tharun in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Tharun in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
Names like Tharun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Arjun Yuvraj Vihaan Aryan Arjan Dhruv Veer Avyaan Shivansh Pranav Ishaan
Names related to Tharun
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Rohan Kali Opal Aadhya Siya Leena Veda India Avani Rudra Agastya Aarya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tharun: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tharun, updated 20 October 2026.