Taryn
Taryn was the 3449th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 45 babies. Its best year was 1985, when it ranked 227th with 1,135 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,385 places. More babies were named Taryn in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin uncertain · American English
Say it TAIR-in /ˈtɛrɪn/
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449 girls, down 1,772 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 45girls
- Girls and boys
- 90% girls, 10% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19851,135 babies
- Total since 1880
- 26,439babies recorded
What does the name Taryn mean?
Taryn is a 20th-century coinage. Wiktionary says it apparently combines Tara with names like Karen; for the actress Taryn Power it was made from her father Tyrone Power's name. It has no older meaning of its own. Taryn was most popular in the US in the 1990s.
How sure is this? Uncertain. A modern coinage; its components are suggested, not fixed.
Related names: Tara, Karen, Taran.
See also: American names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Taryn', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Taryn', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Taryn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,449 | #9,605 | 45 | 8 |
| 2020 | #1,677 | #9,463 | 123 | 8 |
| 2010 | #660 | #5,020 | 444 | 19 |
| 2000 | #448 | #4,365 | 633 | 18 |
| 1990 | #335 | #4,379 | 807 | 13 |
| 1980 | #661 | #6,160 | 273 | 6 |
| 1970 | #1,617 | — | 59 | — |
| 1960 | #1,196 | — | 83 | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Taryn, counting every spelling?
Taryn is the most common spelling of a name family that had 45 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 45 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taryn | 45 | #3,449 | 367 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Taryn?
45 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Taryn (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Taryn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 186 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Taryn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Taryn?
About 25,000 people born in the US named Taryn are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 21 and 40. That makes Taryn mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Taryn by state
How common Taryn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Taryn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Taryn, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Taryn · Sibling names for Taryn
Questions about the name Taryn
What does Taryn mean?
The origin of Taryn is uncertain: a modern coinage; its components are suggested, not fixed.
How popular is the name Taryn?
Taryn was the 3449th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 45 babies. Its best year was 1985, when it ranked 227th with 1,135 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,385 places. More babies were named Taryn in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Taryn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 90% girls, 10% boys given the name Taryn in the US.
Where is Taryn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Taryn was most common in Oregon (0.08 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Pennsylvania.