Recorded 1993–2019 Boys' name Peak 1997 86 births

Tupac — boys' name

86 babies named Tupac in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s412000s222010s23
1990s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Tupac was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

10 babies were named Tupac in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tupac

The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Tupac between 1993 and 2019, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tupac currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tupac performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tupac shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tupac 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 86 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.

Tupac at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

86

Since 1993

27 years of records

Peak year

1997

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1993

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2019

Tupac popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1993

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1997)
10
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
4681012 201920172011201020082004200319991998199719961993 7

Tupac by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
41 births that decade — 48% of Tupac's all-time total
1990s412000s222010s23

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tupac?
86 babies have been named Tupac since 1993. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1997 with 10 births.
When was Tupac most popular?
Tupac was most popular in the 1990s decade with 41 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Tupac been used?
Tupac has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 27 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Tupac?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tupou. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1993–2019 (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.