Taro — #11009 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Taro

The Social Security Administration has registered 368 babies named Taro between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Taro currently holds the #11009 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taro performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Taro shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii. In total, SSA state-level files list Taro in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taro in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 368 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.