NameTides

Tatum

Tatum was the #202 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,736 babies), and #1,406 in England & Wales and #362 in Canada.

Tatum as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tatum 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Tatum 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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#202 (1,736)#1,406 (19)#362 (91)
2024#195 (1,841)#1,322 (20)#326 (100)
2023#233 (1,504)#1,701 (14)#395 (74)
2022#318 (1,058)#3,049 (6)#544 (50)
2021#385 (837)—#585 (48)
2020#490 (598)#2,960 (6)#802 (30)
2019#487 (596)#3,411 (5)#722 (34)
2018#533 (529)#3,412 (5)#642 (40)
2017#597 (457)#3,040 (6)#845 (28)
2016#637 (417)#3,079 (6)#697 (37)
2015#585 (473)#3,373 (5)#588 (45)
2014#591 (465)#3,362 (5)#630 (42)
2013#544 (487)—#645 (39)
2012#599 (422)#3,039 (6)#837 (27)
2011#724 (314)—#869 (25)

Tatum as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tatum as a girl’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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Tatum as a girl’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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#189 (1,661)#5,927 (3)#582 (52)
2024#205 (1,502)—#613 (48)
2023#227 (1,319)—#773 (36)
2022#274 (1,156)#5,670 (3)#837 (32)
2021#279 (1,137)#4,634 (4)#799 (36)
2020#343 (903)#5,493 (3)#1,087 (23)
2019#359 (882)—#1,231 (20)
2018#416 (744)#4,684 (4)#983 (27)
2017#443 (713)#5,765 (3)#1,123 (22)
2016#421 (775)#5,785 (3)#1,399 (17)
2015#409 (783)#2,945 (8)#910 (29)
2014#391 (834)#3,160 (7)#894 (30)
2013#329 (986)#2,887 (8)#777 (36)
2012#329 (950)#3,285 (7)#660 (44)
2011#346 (928)#1,903 (14)#681 (42)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #195.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.
  • In 2025, 49% of US babies named Tatum were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 980 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 980common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 970common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Tatum is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 690 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 530 to 1 in 910.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tatum by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #192WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #157NHWashington: #271WAIdaho: #230IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: #93NDMinnesota: #199MNIllinois: #246ILMichigan: #191MINew York: #338NYMassachusetts: #166MAOregon: #263ORNevada: #160NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #171SDIowa: #200IAIndiana: #122INOhio: #149OHPennsylvania: #230PANew Jersey: #396NJConnecticut: #173CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #423CAUtah: #214UTColorado: #229CONebraska: #150NEMissouri: #111MOKentucky: #102KYWest Virginia: #101WVVirginia: #174VAMaryland: #196MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #332AZNew Mexico: #134NMKansas: #297KSArkansas: #165ARTennessee: #161TNNorth Carolina: #133NCSouth Carolina: #157SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #232OKLouisiana: #106LAMississippi: #132MSAlabama: #138ALGeorgia: #189GAHawaii: #79HITexas: #286TXFlorida: #211FL
Tatum (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#33040

Tatum (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TatumCanadaGirls#58252
TatumCanadaBoys#36291
TatumEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
TatumEngland & WalesBoys#1,40619
TatumNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
TatumNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TatumUSGirls#1891,661
TatumUSBoys#2021,736