girls:
897 births since 1944
#4819 (16th percentile)
boys:
978 births since 1924
#3614 (21st percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1924
#5885 (24th percentile)
The name Tam is the #5,885 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,875 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 23.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,614 (21.1% percentile) for all time with 978 births since 1924. For girls, it ranks #4,819 (15.7% percentile) for all time with 897 births since 1944.
Tam first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (1924 for boys and 1944 for girls). Birth data for Tam is available in 77 out of the 100 years between 1924 and 2023 (73 years for girls and 55 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tam is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Tam were girls.
For boys, Tam reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 6.2% percentile (ranked #648) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 25 births per million (ranked 6.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Tam reached its peak popularity in 1959, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #735) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1959, with 18 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Tam ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 28.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tam".
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