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Tatum

Tatum: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Tata's homestead”
Origin
English
Say it
TAY-tum · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (70% girls, 30% boys since 1880)

Transferred from an English surname derived from a place name meaning 'Tata's enclosure or homestead'. As a first name it is modern in use.

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How popular is Tatum?

20241,000 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Tatum in 20243,330

2024 rank#195 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 188038,455

Tatum is rising: use over the last five years is 1.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Tatum

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • TaytumTate's homestead · English
  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English
  • Remingtonsettlement by the streambank · English

Tatum questions

What does the name Tatum mean?

Tatum means "Tata's homestead". It comes from English. Transferred from an English surname derived from a place name meaning 'Tata's enclosure or homestead'. As a first name it is modern in use.

Is Tatum a boy or girl name?

Tatum is used for both: about 70% of US babies named Tatum since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Tatum?

3,330 US babies were named Tatum in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Tatum?

Tatum is usually pronounced TAY-tum.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.