Masculine dossier · first seen 1967

Taurus

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Taurus
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1976

Peak rank proxy

112

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1967Peak 19762024

Peak year

1976

Decline from peak

91.1%

2024

All-time

1,979

Taurus has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1976, when 112 boys were named Taurus.

In 2024, only 10 boys were given the name.

Down 91.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,979 Americans have been named Taurus and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1967.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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