How Many People Are Named Taro?

316

people named Taro are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 1,081,597 people in the US has this name

Based on 368 babies named Taro in Social Security records from 1919 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#21,620

๐Ÿ’Ž๐Ÿ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#7,730

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Peak Year

1997

13 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

๐Ÿ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Japanese
Pronunciation: TAH-แน˜O:
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Variant transcription of TAROU.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

Tarou

โšง Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Taro in the records were boys.

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Age Distribution

The average person named Taro alive today is about 28 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 39 in 2025.

Under 30 182
57.6%
30 to 59 134
42.4%
60 and over 0
0%

๐Ÿ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Taro first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 1997, to 13 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.

Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2024

๐Ÿ† Rank History

Taro has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,644, in 1919.

Boys
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#2,644 (1919)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#7,789 in the 2000s

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