Taytum — #715 US unisex name
3,619 babies named Taytum in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Taytum was born in this single decade.
430 babies were named Taytum in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taytum
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,619 babies named Taytum between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taytum currently holds the #715 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 430 babies received it in a single year. Taytum is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 552 additional births since 2005.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taytum performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,668 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Taytum shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 346 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Taytum in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taytum 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 3,619 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.
Taytum at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Taytum popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2023)
- 430
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #715 among girls.
3,619 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 430 births in a single year.
Taytum popularity over time — boys
552 total births recorded since 2005 (Taytum as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Taytum accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Taytum by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 1,668 births that decade — 46% of Taytum's all-time total
Taytum decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,668 births
- Runner-up 1,245 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Taytum's strongest decade
1,668 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Taytum by state
Where Taytum concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 346 | 9.6% |
| #2 | California | | 273 | 7.5% |
| #3 | Utah | | 128 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 104 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 98 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 93 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 92 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Washington | | 88 | 2.4% |
346 of 3,619 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.6% of nationwide
- California 7.5% of nationwide
- Utah 3.5% of nationwide
- Arizona 2.9% of nationwide
- Florida 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Taytum appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.