Tatum

Girl · recorded 1966–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.0 to 1)

  • #189in 2025
  • 1 in 967girls in 2025
  • +136%last ten years
  • 3.8×in South Dakota

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 136% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1966

05171,03319661981199620102025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 54 recorded years as a table
Tatum, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19663
197317
197457
197562
197653
197765
197870
197950
198060
198136
198231
198333
198433
198534
198658
198749
198843
198943
199052
199162
199269
199395
1994106
1995105
1996116
1997247
1998390
1999365
2000372
2001387
2002419
2003431
2004443
2005495
2006500
2007515
2008468
2009433
2010543
2011528
2012539
2013562
2014467
2015439
2016437
2017413
2018437
2019526
2020559
2021693
2022705
2023822
2024927
20251,033

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. South Dakota 3.8×
  2. North Dakota 3.6×
  3. Nebraska 2.8×
  4. Oklahoma 2.7×
  5. Mississippi 2.6×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,661
Rank in 2025
#189
How rare
1 in 967 girls
Since 1966
28,649

Most popular in 2025, at 1,033 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 136% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
South Dakota3.8×31
North Dakota3.6×26
Nebraska2.8×56
Oklahoma2.7×109
Mississippi2.6×66

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.