Tatum Boy & girl
How popular is Tatum?
#189 girl name in 2025
1,661 baby girls were named Tatum in the US in 2025, making it the 189th most popular girl name. Another 1,736 boys got the name (#202 for boys).
Tatum popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #189 for girls (▲ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,661 girls, 1,736 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+112% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #409 in 2015, #343 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,661 girls) |
| Highest rank | #189 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1966 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 47% boys, 53% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Tatum counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tatum family of names ranked #165 for girls in 2025 (#178 the year before), with 2,056 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tatum | 1,661 | 81% |
| Taytum | 377 | 18% |
| Taitum | 18 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Tatum is most popular
Babies named Tatum per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 3.5 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- North Dakota: 2.9 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- South Dakota: 2.8 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Montana: 2.7 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Nebraska: 2.4 per 1,000 (86 girls)
Tatum by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1970s | 564 | #1,176 |
| 1980s | 723 | #1,276 |
| 1990s | 2,857 | #398 |
| 2000s | 8,262 | #336 |
| 2010s | 8,560 | #329 |
| 2020s | 7,678 | #189 |
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Questions
- Is Tatum a boy or girl name?
- Tatum is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 47% of babies named Tatum were boys and 53% were girls.
- How popular is the name Tatum?
- 1,661 baby girls were named Tatum in the US in 2025, making it the 189th most popular girl name. Another 1,736 boys got the name (#202 for boys).
- When was Tatum most popular?
- Tatum peaked in 2025, when 1,661 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #189 in 2025.
- How many people are named Tatum?
- 41,874 babies have been named Tatum in the US since 1880. We estimate about 41,565 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Tatum most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Tatum was most common in Wyoming, at 3.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.