girls:
456 births since 1997
#5260 (8th percentile)
boys:
102 births since 2006
#4484 (2nd percentile)
overall:
558 births since 1997
#7181 (7th percentile)
The name Taitum is the #7,181 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 558 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 7.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,260 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 456 births since 1997. For boys, it ranks #4,484 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 102 births since 2006.
Taitum first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for girls and 2006 for boys).
The name Taitum has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 70.8% of babies named Taitum were girls.
For girls, Taitum reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #917) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Taitum ranks #935 for girls (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 67.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Taitum reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #874) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Despite a low point around 2018, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Taitum ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 64.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Taitum".
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