Girls' name · peaked in 1985
Taryn name popularity since 1925
26,439 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Taryn (97.2% girls, 2.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1995 or earlier, so the typical Taryn is about 31 years old in 2026. Taryn peaked in 1985 as the #227 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 26,439
- Named Taryn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,449 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 97.2% girls
- 25,698 girls · 741 boys
- Most popular in
- Colorado
- 2.07× its national share
Peak year is the year Taryn made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Taryn births per year, 1925–2025
1985 was the biggest year for Taryn both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1980 and 1985, Taryn became 4× more common, from 1 in 6,080 baby girls to 1 in 1,520.
- Steepest fall: Between 2013 and 2018, its share of baby girls fell by 60%, from 1 in 4,720 to 1 in 11,700.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Taryn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Taryn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Taryn in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 612 | 6 | #966 |
| 1960s | 522 | 0 | #1,499 |
| 1970s | 2,416 | 33 | #438 |
| 1980s | 5,745 | 86 | #227 |
| 1990s | 6,576 | 204 | #416 |
| 2000s | 6,500 | 236 | #456 |
| 2010s | 2,837 | 129 | #1,064 |
| 2020–25 | 490 | 47 | #3,449 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
39.5% of babies named Taryn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Taryn is most popular
The index compares Taryn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Taryn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 2.07× | 588 |
| Kansas | 2.02× | 474 |
| Washington | 1.92× | 742 |
| Arizona | 1.80× | 539 |
| Utah | 1.73× | 340 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Taryn and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Taryn (this page) | 25,698 | 1985 |
| Taren | 1,177 | 1982 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Taryn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Taryn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Taryn (1985).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data