NameTides

Tafari

Tafari was the #4,396 boys' name in the US in 2025 (23 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales.

Tafari as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tafari as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Tafari as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,396 (23)#2,952 (7)—
2024#3,693 (30)#2,672 (8)—
2023#2,575 (51)——
2022#2,873 (44)#1,880 (12)—
2021#3,582 (31)#2,493 (8)—
2020#4,141 (24)——
2019#3,794 (28)#3,013 (6)—
2018#5,106 (18)#2,445 (8)—
2017#4,331 (23)#4,812 (3)—
2016#2,993 (39)#2,027 (11)#2,718 (5)
2015#4,407 (22)#2,150 (10)—
2014#3,693 (28)#2,964 (6)—
2013#3,864 (26)#2,660 (7)#2,305 (6)
2012#4,686 (20)#4,805 (3)#2,158 (7)
2011#4,983 (18)#2,194 (9)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #2,575.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1978.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 77,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Tafari is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 69,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 36,000 to 1 in 130,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tafari by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Tafari (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TafariCanadaBoys—too few
TafariEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
TafariUSGirls—too few
TafariUSBoys#4,39623