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

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Peak · girls
2025 · 1,661 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
28,649
since 1966

Tatum over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1891,661#2021,736
2024#2051,502#1951,841
2023#2271,319#2331,504
2022#2741,156#3181,058
2021#2791,137#385837
2020#343903#490598
2019#359882#487596
2018#416744#533529
2017#443713#597457
2016#421775#637417
2015#409783#585473
2014#391834#591465
2013#329986#544487
2012#329950#599422
2011#346928#724314
2010#334965#751301
2009#395796#1,266139
2008#368885#1,294134
2007#336991#1,197147
2006#347950#1,438108
2005#343915#1,54691
2004#384814#1,76371
2003#384788#2,39244
2002#392752#2,50439
2001#412696#2,56237
2000#420675#2,25643
1999#427647#2,23141
1998#398689#2,85128
1997#547430#3,60119
1996#946203#2,74727
1995#1,007184#4,50813
1994#977189#3,32620
1993#1,059172#4,02015
1992#1,312128#6,1288
1991#1,375117#5,5219
1990#1,55798#4,67311
1989#1,71779#6,9416
1988#1,68676
1987#1,49886#4,9688
1986#1,32799#5,3327
1985#1,88259#4,3339
1984#1,88656#5,5616
1983#1,88755#6,2385
1982#1,96553
1981#1,83060#4,5098
1980#1,276100#2,36721
1979#1,48280#5,3556
1978#1,176107#3,40011
1977#1,214100#2,66516
1976#1,37378#3,47110
1975#1,24791#3,42810
1974#1,28483#2,67414
1973#2,75325#3,4459
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First appearance
1966

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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,176 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 29,160 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedDEArizona: #355 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,876 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tatum, so not publishedHITexas: #926 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 8,093 girlsTXFlorida: #1,411 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 15,826 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#355 · 1 in 1,876
  2. Texas#926 · 1 in 8,093
  3. Florida#1,411 · 1 in 15,826
  4. California#2,176 · 1 in 29,160

Best ever in a state: #31 in Wyoming, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#355141 in 1,876
Texas#926171 in 8,093
Florida#1,41151 in 15,826
California#2,17691 in 29,160
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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
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
59 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 2025 at #189 (1,661 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1996–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 968
  • Highest: 1 in 968 girls born in 2025 were named Tatum (0.10%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 29.9% of all girls named Tatum (8,560) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
  • Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#6,564 (1966)#6,564
1970s564#1,176 (1978)#1,504
1980s723#1,276 (1980)#1,695
1990s2,857#398 (1998)#961
2000s8,262#336 (2007)#378
2010s8,560#329 (2013)#378
2020s7,678#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 1990

girls
#1,557
98 births · 1 in 19,373 girls
boys
#4,673
11 births · 1 in 186,731 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #1,557Tatum98

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #4,673Tatum11
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 19,373 of them was named Tatum, which outranked 89.8% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tatum
  1. #1,543Suzette99
  2. #1,543Tequila99
  3. #1,543Tonia99
  4. #1,557Tatum98
  5. #1,557Adriane98
  6. #1,557Brigid98
  7. #1,557Jaclynn98
  8. #1,568Amaris97
  9. #1,568Angelita97
  10. #1,568Evelin97

Tied with 10 names at #1,557; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 186,731 of them was named Tatum, which outranked 50.8% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tatum
  1. #4,407Zakk12
  2. #4,407Zayd12
  3. #4,407Zebadiah12
  4. #4,673Tatum11
  5. #4,673Aarion11
  6. #4,673Aikeem11
  7. #4,673Alaa11
  8. #4,993Abelino10
  9. #4,993Abhishek10
  10. #4,993Absalom10

Tied with 319 names at #4,673; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990