Tatum
#189 for girls in 2025, 1,661 births · #202 for boys in 2025, 1,736 births
Given to girls 68.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,661 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 28,649since 1966
Tatum 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 | #189 | 1,661 | #202 | 1,736 |
| 2024 | #205 | 1,502 | #195 | 1,841 |
| 2023 | #227 | 1,319 | #233 | 1,504 |
| 2022 | #274 | 1,156 | #318 | 1,058 |
| 2021 | #279 | 1,137 | #385 | 837 |
| 2020 | #343 | 903 | #490 | 598 |
| 2019 | #359 | 882 | #487 | 596 |
| 2018 | #416 | 744 | #533 | 529 |
| 2017 | #443 | 713 | #597 | 457 |
| 2016 | #421 | 775 | #637 | 417 |
| 2015 | #409 | 783 | #585 | 473 |
| 2014 | #391 | 834 | #591 | 465 |
| 2013 | #329 | 986 | #544 | 487 |
| 2012 | #329 | 950 | #599 | 422 |
| 2011 | #346 | 928 | #724 | 314 |
| 2010 | #334 | 965 | #751 | 301 |
| 2009 | #395 | 796 | #1,266 | 139 |
| 2008 | #368 | 885 | #1,294 | 134 |
| 2007 | #336 | 991 | #1,197 | 147 |
| 2006 | #347 | 950 | #1,438 | 108 |
| 2005 | #343 | 915 | #1,546 | 91 |
| 2004 | #384 | 814 | #1,763 | 71 |
| 2003 | #384 | 788 | #2,392 | 44 |
| 2002 | #392 | 752 | #2,504 | 39 |
| 2001 | #412 | 696 | #2,562 | 37 |
| 2000 | #420 | 675 | #2,256 | 43 |
| 1999 | #427 | 647 | #2,231 | 41 |
| 1998 | #398 | 689 | #2,851 | 28 |
| 1997 | #547 | 430 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | #946 | 203 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #1,007 | 184 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #977 | 189 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #1,059 | 172 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #1,312 | 128 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #1,375 | 117 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #1,557 | 98 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #1,717 | 79 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #1,686 | 76 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,498 | 86 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #1,327 | 99 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #1,882 | 59 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #1,886 | 56 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #1,887 | 55 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #1,965 | 53 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,830 | 60 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #1,276 | 100 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #1,482 | 80 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #1,176 | 107 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #1,214 | 100 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #1,373 | 78 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #1,247 | 91 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #1,284 | 83 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | #3,445 | 9 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tatum! It came in at #6,564, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1972, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tatum is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arizona#121 · 1 in 515
- Nebraska#133 · 1 in 488
- Hawaii#160 · 1 in 473
- Iowa#160 · 1 in 622
- Kansas#168 · 1 in 688
Best ever in a state: #31 in Wyoming, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #121 | 69 | 1 in 515 |
| Nebraska | #133 | 17 | 1 in 488 |
| Hawaii | #160 | 7 | 1 in 473 |
| Iowa | #160 | 22 | 1 in 622 |
| Kansas | #168 | 20 | 1 in 688 |
| South Dakota | #176 | 6 | 1 in 536 |
| Colorado | #177 | 35 | 1 in 706 |
| Oklahoma | #180 | 23 | 1 in 725 |
| Oregon | #207 | 19 | 1 in 837 |
| Missouri | #208 | 30 | 1 in 967 |
| Utah | #244 | 19 | 1 in 968 |
| Washington | #262 | 27 | 1 in 1,087 |
| Louisiana | #275 | 16 | 1 in 1,230 |
| West Virginia | #281 | 6 | 1 in 1,144 |
| Indiana | #293 | 23 | 1 in 1,413 |
| Texas | #294 | 115 | 1 in 1,397 |
| Massachusetts | #303 | 19 | 1 in 1,500 |
| Wisconsin | #303 | 18 | 1 in 1,392 |
| Minnesota | #308 | 18 | 1 in 1,445 |
| Kentucky | #309 | 13 | 1 in 1,515 |
| Idaho | #364 | 5 | 1 in 1,371 |
| Nevada | #365 | 8 | 1 in 1,449 |
| Arkansas | #370 | 8 | 1 in 1,538 |
| Maryland | #376 | 14 | 1 in 1,769 |
| Connecticut | #388 | 7 | 1 in 2,034 |
| Alabama | #400 | 11 | 1 in 1,794 |
| New Mexico | #424 | 5 | 1 in 1,666 |
| Virginia | #426 | 17 | 1 in 2,183 |
| Georgia | #427 | 24 | 1 in 2,141 |
| Mississippi | #442 | 6 | 1 in 1,929 |
| Ohio | #448 | 23 | 1 in 2,490 |
| Illinois | #460 | 27 | 1 in 2,487 |
| California | #466 | 90 | 1 in 2,560 |
| Michigan | #467 | 18 | 1 in 2,631 |
| Tennessee | #468 | 13 | 1 in 2,390 |
| North Carolina | #469 | 19 | 1 in 2,389 |
| South Carolina | #474 | 8 | 1 in 2,181 |
| Florida | #563 | 27 | 1 in 3,174 |
| Pennsylvania | #597 | 15 | 1 in 3,657 |
| New Jersey | #739 | 9 | 1 in 4,510 |
| New York | #760 | 20 | 1 in 4,754 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Tatum
- 16 spots since 2024 (#205 → #189)
- 154 spots since 2020 (#343 → #189)
- 220 spots since 2015 (#409 → #189)
- Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1997 (#946 → #547)
- Biggest drop: 62 spots in 2014 (#329 → #391)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 2025 at #189 (1,661 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1996–2025
- Highest: 1 in 968 girls born in 2025 were named Tatum (0.10%)
- 29.9% of all girls named Tatum (8,560) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,564 (1966) | #6,564 |
| 1970s | 564 | #1,176 (1978) | #1,504 |
| 1980s | 723 | #1,276 (1980) | #1,695 |
| 1990s | 2,857 | #398 (1998) | #961 |
| 2000s | 8,262 | #336 (2007) | #378 |
| 2010s | 8,560 | #329 (2013) | #378 |
| 2020s | 7,678 | #189 (2025) | #253 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tatum in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 2,019 of them was named Tatum, which outranked 98.2% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 21,948 of them was named Tatum, which outranked 88.4% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,535Samual92
- #1,535Tavian92
- #1,535Thatcher92
- #1,546Tatum91
- #1,546Greg91
- #1,546Jaysen91
- #1,546Jeremias91
- #1,554Armand90
- #1,554Bradlee90
- #1,554Briley90
Tied with 7 names at #1,546; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.