How Many People Are Named Taras?
people named Taras are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 589,284 people in the US has this name
Based on 671 babies named Taras in Social Security records from 1922 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
36 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Ukrainian and Russian form of the Greek name Ταρασιος (Tarasios), which possibly means "from Taras". Taras was an Italian city, now called Taranto, which was founded by Greek colonists in the 8th century BC and was named for the Greek mythological figure Taras, a son of Poseidon. Saint Tarasios was an 8th-century bishop of Constantinople. It was also borne by the Ukrainian writer and artist Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Taras in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Taras alive today is about 43 years old, and 45% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Taras first appears in the records in 1922 and was given most often in 1969, to 36 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1922 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Taras has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,350, in 1969. In 2025 it ranked #13,668.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,668 |
| Best rank | #1,350 (1969) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,975 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Taras alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Taras were born in New York than in any other state: about 17 of those alive today.
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