Tarus
The Taro is a river in Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy. It is a tributary of the Po and is 126 kilometres (78 mi) long. It flows almost entirely in the province of Parma, west of the city Parma. The Taro flows into the Po near Gramignazzo, a frazione of the comune of Sissa, north of Parma.
Meaning & Origin of Tarus
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The Taro is a river in Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy. It is a tributary of the Po and is 126 kilometres (78 mi) long. It flows almost entirely in the province of Parma, west of the city Parma. The Taro flows into the Po near Gramignazzo, a frazione of the comune of Sissa, north of Parma.
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The Story of Tarus
The earliest SSA record of Tarus as a baby boy name dates back to 1965, when 10 babies received it. 1976 was its biggest year on record, with 40 newborns named Tarus — #1,411 in the national rankings. About 43% of every Tarus on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Tarus last appeared in the published SSA data in 2011, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 534 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tarus
Tarus is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 534 births in the dataset. Tarus's peak popularity came in 1976 when it ranked #1,411. Use the chart and map above to compare Tarus'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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