Unisex name · since 1997
Tatem
Tatem has 359 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,890 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 359
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
359 babies have been named Tatem since 1997, making it today's #13890 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tatem has been recorded 359 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #13890 nationally and more common than 20% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #14,453 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,890 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 359 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tatem ranks #14,453 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,890 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 359 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,890 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 359
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tatem's 359 recorded births place it above 80.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Tatem compares
359 48th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Tatem's all-time total is 5% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tatem | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 359 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tatem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tatem's full recorded timeline at 2011, 37% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 63% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tatem popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Tatem popularity over time - boys
310 total births recorded since 1999 (Tatem as boys' name)
Tatem by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (184 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Tatem's strongest decade.
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Tatem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
184 births
- 2010s
2010s
99 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 184 births (51% of all-time use).
Tatem by state
Where Tatem concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 359 births nationwide.
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What to do with Tatem's data
- Tatem's decade-level peak was the 2000s (184 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tatems (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tatem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Tatem 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.