Taris
The Story of Taris
As a girl name
Taris first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1961, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1995: 9 births, good for #8,766 nationwide. About 29% of every Taris on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Taris last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 41 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Taris on the record books as a boy name in 1970, with 10 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1970, when 10 Tariss were born — ranking #3,071 that year. About 43% of every Taris on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Taris last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 122 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Taris
Taris is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 122 births in the dataset. Taris's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #3,071. Use the chart and map above to compare Taris's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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