Taran is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1992 and has since faded.
Taran is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,932 for boy births in the United States (and #6,291 across all names), given to 43 babies. Taran was first reported in SSA data in 1967 and peaked in 1992 (117 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,932 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,681 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,326 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,864 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,642 |
| 2020 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,644 |
| 2019 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,487 |
| 2018 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,838 |
| 2017 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,662 |
| 2016 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,515 |
| 2015 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,713 |
| 2014 | 55 | 55 | #14,426 | #2,576 |
| 2013 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,840 |
| 2012 | 57 | 57 | #13,350 | #2,544 |
| 2011 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,621 |
| 2010 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,909 |
| 2009 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,378 |
| 2008 | 52 | 52 | #20,175 | #2,672 |
| 2007 | 70 | 70 | #20,268 | #2,114 |
| 2006 | 64 | 64 | #9,852 | #2,392 |
| 2005 | 42 | 42 | #16,246 | #2,952 |
| 2004 | 59 | 59 | #11,525 | #2,308 |
| 2003 | 65 | 65 | #8,443 | #2,148 |
| 2002 | 57 | 57 | #11,011 | #2,219 |
| 2001 | 56 | 56 | #15,159 | #2,112 |
| 2000 | 58 | 58 | #9,814 | #2,126 |
| 1999 | 98 | 98 | #6,459 | #1,430 |
| 1998 | 101 | 101 | #9,207 | #1,318 |
| 1997 | 84 | — | #9,732 | #1,454 |
| 1996 | 110 | — | #3,930 | #1,332 |
| 1995 | 125 | — | #3,658 | #1,190 |
| 1994 | 121 | — | #4,508 | #1,152 |
| 1993 | 127 | — | #4,513 | #1,103 |
| 1992 | 142 | — | #4,221 | #1,008 |
| 1991 | 48 | — | #5,642 | #2,343 |
| 1990 | 33 | — | #6,108 | #3,447 |
| 1989 | 24 | — | #6,499 | #4,778 |
| 1988 | 29 | — | #5,290 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 22 | — | #7,298 | #3,933 |
| 1986 | 35 | — | #3,880 | #3,627 |
| 1985 | 59 | — | #2,043 | #6,445 |
| 1984 | 48 | — | #2,841 | #2,939 |
| 1983 | 39 | — | #2,778 | #5,424 |
| 1982 | 49 | — | #2,526 | #3,930 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | #10,272 | #6,162 |
| 1980 | 15 | — | #8,993 | #4,890 |
| 1979 | 22 | — | #7,261 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 26 | — | #4,901 | #3,377 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | — | #5,762 |
| 1976 | 16 | — | #9,141 | #3,691 |
| 1975 | 13 | — | #8,931 | #4,740 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | — | #5,165 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | — | #4,022 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | — | #5,664 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | — | #3,624 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #8,553 | — |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #7,740 | — |