Unisex name · since 1982
Tauren
Tauren has 239 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,943 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,454 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 239
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tauren currently ranks #8454 among unisex names in America, with 239 babies recorded since 1982.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tauren has been recorded 239 times among boys since 1982, currently ranked #8454 nationally and more common than 39% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #11,943 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,454 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 239 born since 1982
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tauren ranks #11,943 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,454 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 239 born since 1982, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,943 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,454 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 239
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tauren's 239 recorded births place it above 73.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tauren compares
239 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tauren's all-time total is 35% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tauren | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 239 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tauren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tauren's full recorded timeline at 2009, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tauren popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Tauren popularity over time - girls
26 total births recorded since 2005 (Tauren as girls' name)
Tauren by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (128 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Tauren's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Tauren births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 49
2010s
49 births
- 2020s
2020s
128 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 128 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tauren: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tauren draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.