Taurus
Taurus was the 7141st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 785th with 112 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,425 places. More babies were named Taurus in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,141 boys, up 303 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1976112 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,075babies recorded
Taurus popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 84 since 1972.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,141 | 12 |
| 2020 | #7,444 | 11 |
| 2010 | #5,446 | 17 |
| 2000 | #2,913 | 31 |
| 1990 | #2,251 | 32 |
| 1980 | #1,122 | 66 |
| 1970 | #2,281 | 17 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Taurus, counting every spelling?
Taurus has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Taurus?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Taurus (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Taurus 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 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Taurus.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Taurus?
About 1,900 people born in the US named Taurus are alive today, with a median age of 42; half are between 26 and 50. That makes Taurus 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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Taurus: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Taurus, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Taurus
How popular is the name Taurus?
Taurus was the 7141st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 785th with 112 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,425 places. More babies were named Taurus in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Taurus a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Taurus in the US.