Taura — girls' name

What the Data Says About Taura

The Social Security Administration has registered 433 babies named Taura between 1966 and 2011, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taura currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taura performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 223 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Taura shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Taura in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taura 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 433 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.