girls:
41 births since 1961
#5675 (1st percentile)
boys:
122 births since 1970
#4464 (3rd percentile)
overall:
163 births since 1961
#7576 (2nd percentile)
The name Taris is the #7,576 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 163 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 2.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,464 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 122 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #5,675 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 41 births since 1961.
Taris first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (1961 for girls and 1970 for boys). Birth data for Taris is available in 22 out of the 49 years between 1961 and 2009 (18 years for boys and 7 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Taris has been given predominantly to boys, with 74.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2009, 100.0% of babies named Taris were boys. Interestingly, until around 1970, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1961 to 1969), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (77.2% boys from 1970 to 2009).
For boys, Taris reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #656) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2009.
For girls, Taris reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #845) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Taris".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Taris. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.2% confident that Taris is pronounced as TAH-rihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TEH-rihs, at 21.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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