Mostly girls · peaked in 2025
Tatum name popularity since 1925
41,874 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tatum (68.4% girls, 31.6% boys). Half of them were born in 2015 or earlier, so the typical Tatum is about 11 years old in 2026. Tatum peaked in 2025 as the #189 name for girls, and it ranked #189 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 41,874
- Named Tatum, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #189
- for girls in 2025 (1,661 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 68.4% girls
- 28,649 girls · 13,225 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 4.43× its national share
Peak year is the year Tatum made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Tatum births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Tatum both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1993 and 1998, Tatum became 4.1× more common, from 1 in 10,500 baby girls to 1 in 2,560.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Tatum's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tatum.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tatum in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 564 | 76 | #1,250 |
| 1980s | 723 | 70 | #1,903 |
| 1990s | 2,857 | 191 | #1,012 |
| 2000s | 8,262 | 853 | #343 |
| 2010s | 8,560 | 4,461 | #409 |
| 2020–25 | 7,678 | 7,574 | #189 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
58.3% of babies named Tatum from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Tatum is most popular
The index compares Tatum's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Tatum.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 4.43× | 2,240 |
| Utah | 2.33× | 773 |
| Nevada | 2.23× | 310 |
| Oklahoma | 2.16× | 1,095 |
| Colorado | 2.02× | 971 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tatum's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tatum.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tatum (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data