# Taryn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/taryn/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 26,439 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 741 / 25,698 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 743, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A 20th-century coinage, apparently from Tara combined with names like Karen. In the case of the American actress Taryn Power, derived from her father's given name Tyrone.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 398 | 701 |
| 2012 | 335 | 803 |
| 2013 | 372 | 735 |
| 2014 | 322 | 859 |
| 2015 | 249 | 1,064 |
| 2016 | 218 | 1,157 |
| 2017 | 202 | 1,202 |
| 2018 | 146 | 1,504 |
| 2019 | 151 | 1,462 |
| 2020 | 123 | 1,677 |
| 2021 | 87 | 2,170 |
| 2022 | 85 | 2,226 |
| 2023 | 79 | 2,333 |
| 2024 | 71 | 2,530 |
| 2025 | 45 | 3,449 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 6,207 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,596 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,490 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,967 |
| 2015 | 12 | 7,023 |
| 2016 | 12 | 7,096 |
| 2017 | 10 | 8,075 |
| 2018 | 12 | 7,083 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,573 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,463 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,672 |
| 2022 | 5 | 14,101 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,841 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8,250 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,605 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 1,168 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 1999 | 6 | 1,850 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,142 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |

## People named Taryn

- Taryn Manning, American actress, singer and songwriter
- Taryn Terrell, American professional wrestler and model
- Taryn Thomas, American pornographic actress
- Taryn Power, American actress (1953–2020)
- Taryn Southern, American actor-singer
- Taryn Woods, Australian water polo player
- Taryn Simon, American photographer (born 1975)
- Taryn Marler, Australian actress
- Taryn Suttie, Canadian athletics competitor

## 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.