MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Tharun mean?
Taruṇa describes youth and freshness in Sanskrit. Classical usage can apply it to a young person or a tender shoot. A newly risen sun can also be described by the same adjective.
Pronunciation
IAST: taruṇa
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
तरुण
Letter-by-letter: taruṇa
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Tharun in Indian usage
24,319 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,075 records (4.4%).
- Recorded as male: 23,244 records (95.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 458 |
| 1960s | 1,625 |
| 1970s | 4,135 |
| 1980s | 7,163 |
| 1990s | 10,767 |
| Other decades | 171 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 4,789 |
| Bihar | 3,440 |
| Punjab | 3,430 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,311 |
| Jharkhand | 2,601 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,602 |
| Rajasthan | 1,348 |
| Tripura | 1,110 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 833 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 578 |
| Kerala | 474 |
| Assam | 339 |
| Chandigarh | 260 |
| Other states | 204 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Tharun / M | 3 | 5,137 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Tharun; Table_6, C6453 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Tharun; Table_6, C6453
- Monier-Williams, taruṇa, p. 439,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.