# Taras (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/taras/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Ukrainian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 671 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 671 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ukrainian Тара́с (Tarás).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 7 | 10,528 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10,765 |
| 2008 | 12 | 7,134 |
| 2009 | 9 | 8,909 |
| 2010 | 11 | 7,519 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,527 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,820 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,991 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,615 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,909 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,820 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12,145 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8,190 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12,189 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,673 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Taras

- Taras Shelestyuk, Amateur World Champion, Ukrainian Boxer
- Taras Hunczak, American historian (1932–2024)
- Taras Kabanov, footballer
- Taras Fedorovych, 17th century rebel Hetman of the Ukrainian cossacks
- Taras Kuzio, Academic in Ukrainian politics and Economy of Ukraine
- Taras Duray, football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.