Boys' name · since 1978
Tafari
964 babies named Tafari in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,259 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,459 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 964
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tafari currently ranks #4459 among boys' names in America, with 964 babies recorded since 1978.
Tafari has 964 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4459 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #5,259 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,459 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 964 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tafari ranks #5,259 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,459 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 964 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,259 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,459 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 964
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tafari's 964 recorded births place it above 88.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Tafari compares
964 Top 32% higher than 68% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tafari's all-time total is 161% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tafari | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 964 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 51 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tafari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tafari splits its recorded history at 2002: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1981 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 51 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tafari popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Tafari popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 2016 (Tafari as girls' name)
Tafari by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (244 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Tafari's strongest decade.
244 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Tafari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 84
1980s
84 births
- 1990s
1990s
189 births
- 2000s
2000s
237 births
- 2010s
2010s
244 births
- 2020s
2020s
203 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 244 births (25% of all-time use).
How Tafari compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Tafari's total volume
Tafari by state
Where Tafari concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 245 | 25.4% |
| #2 | Florida | | 78 | 8.1% |
| #3 | California | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.5% |
245 of 964 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Tafari's data
- Tafari's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (244 total births) through the 2020s (203) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Tafaris (245 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tafari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tafari draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.