Tafari — #3721 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Tafari

The Social Security Administration has registered 941 babies named Tafari between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tafari currently holds the #3721 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tafari performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 244 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tafari shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 237 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Tafari in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tafari in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 941 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.