Tatum

Boy's name · #202 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

51% boys · 49% girls — Tatum is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns. Tatum →

Popularity over time

Tatum reached its best rank, #195, in 2024 and ranked #202 in 2025. About 13,000 boys have carried it since 1973.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#202 in New Zealand (2025) · #1,462 in England & Wales (2025) · #334 in Canada (2024).

Tatum Bell — American football player (born 1981)
Tatum Gressette — Head college football coach for The Citadel Bulldogs (1900–1997)
Tatum Bethune — American football linebacker (born 2001)

Among 47 notable people named Tatum:

Sports figures appear 2.95× more often than among typical names — e.g. Tatum Bell, American football player (born 1981).

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