# Tatum (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tatum/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 41,874 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,225 / 28,649 (68% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 342, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Tatham, from Old English Tāta, a personal name of unknown meaning + hām.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 928 | 346 |
| 2012 | 950 | 329 |
| 2013 | 986 | 329 |
| 2014 | 834 | 391 |
| 2015 | 783 | 409 |
| 2016 | 775 | 422 |
| 2017 | 713 | 444 |
| 2018 | 744 | 416 |
| 2019 | 882 | 359 |
| 2020 | 903 | 344 |
| 2021 | 1,137 | 279 |
| 2022 | 1,156 | 274 |
| 2023 | 1,319 | 227 |
| 2024 | 1,502 | 205 |
| 2025 | 1,661 | 189 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 314 | 725 |
| 2012 | 422 | 599 |
| 2013 | 487 | 545 |
| 2014 | 465 | 593 |
| 2015 | 473 | 587 |
| 2016 | 417 | 637 |
| 2017 | 457 | 598 |
| 2018 | 529 | 534 |
| 2019 | 596 | 487 |
| 2020 | 598 | 490 |
| 2021 | 837 | 386 |
| 2022 | 1,058 | 318 |
| 2023 | 1,504 | 233 |
| 2024 | 1,841 | 195 |
| 2025 | 1,736 | 202 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10 | 2,292 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## People named Tatum

- Tatum O'Neal, American actress (born 1963)
- Tatum Keshwar, fashion model, psychologist and beauty pageant titleholder
- Tate McRae, Canadian pop singer
- Travis Mills, American rapper, singer, and actor from California

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.