Tam
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 52.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 46 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 987since 1924
Tam over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | — | #7,009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | #4,901 | 19 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #3,406 | 20 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #2,626 | 28 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #2,406 | 29 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | #2,049 | 36 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | #2,027 | 35 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | #2,305 | 26 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #1,896 | 33 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | #1,837 | 33 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | #1,724 | 35 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #1,507 | 41 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | #1,395 | 46 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | #1,811 | 31 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
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| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,211 | 29 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,414 | 25 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | — | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Tam! It came in at #4,347, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tam is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#924 · 1 in 17,069
- Texas#1,140 · 1 in 24,029
Best ever in a state: #576 in Louisiana, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #924 | 12 | 1 in 17,069 |
| Texas | #1,140 | 6 | 1 in 24,029 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tam
- 1,070 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #12,008)
- 4,974 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #12,008)
- 4,517 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #12,008)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1982 at #1,395 (46 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 39,445 boys born in 1982 were named Tam (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 33.7% of all boys named Tam (333) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10 | #3,959 (1929) | #4,153 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 7 | #3,010 (1948) | #3,010 |
| 1950s | 30 | #2,375 (1957) | #2,679 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,665 (1960) | #3,865 |
| 1970s | 66 | #2,245 (1976) | #3,305 |
| 1980s | 333 | #1,395 (1982) | #1,866 |
| 1990s | 240 | #2,049 (1990) | #3,152 |
| 2000s | 169 | #4,302 (2001) | #4,911 |
| 2010s | 94 | #6,703 (2018) | #8,042 |
| 2020s | 27 | #7,034 (2020) | #10,532 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tam in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 94,074 of them was named Tam, which outranked 66.2% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,025Willette19
- #4,025Zenia19
- #4,025Zoila19
- #4,167Tam18
- #4,167Abigayle18
- #4,167Aftan18
- #4,167Alessia18
- #4,347Africa17
- #4,347Aishia17
- #4,347Akisha17
Tied with 179 names at #4,167; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 39,445 of them was named Tam, which outranked 81.1% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,382Sara47
- #1,382Tobin47
- #1,382Vijay47
- #1,395Tam46
- #1,395Augustus46
- #1,395Cain46
- #1,395Demetrios46
- #1,415Andra45
- #1,415Barron45
- #1,415Blaise45
Tied with 19 names at #1,395; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.