first name
TATUM
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 24,725 people named Tatum, 76.7% reported their origin as White, 7% as two or more races and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 79.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Tatum peaked in 2025, when 3,397 babies got the name.
At least 41,874 babies have been given the name since 1966. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Tatum by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #263. The largest share of babies named Tatum, 58.3%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Tatum is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tatum has been most common in Arizona (4.7×), Utah (2.4×), and Nevada (2.4×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.21×).
38,544 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Tatum
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tatum, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Tatum ranks #1,490 of 156,621, with 23,395 people. See Tatum as a last name
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