# Tarun (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tarun/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 848 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 848 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 321, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तरुण (taruṇa).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 46 | 2,696 |
| 2010 | 39 | 3,005 |
| 2011 | 28 | 3,777 |
| 2012 | 24 | 4,230 |
| 2013 | 27 | 3,849 |
| 2014 | 31 | 3,523 |
| 2015 | 24 | 4,279 |
| 2016 | 21 | 4,754 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,755 |
| 2018 | 15 | 6,006 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,797 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,655 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,904 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,802 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,836 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 12 | 1,706 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,199 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |

## 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.