girls:
344 births since 1997
#5372 (6th percentile)
boys:
286 births since 1999
#4300 (6th percentile)
overall:
630 births since 1997
#7109 (8th percentile)
The name Tatem is the #7,109 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 630 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 8.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,372 (6.0% percentile) for all time with 344 births since 1997. For boys, it ranks #4,300 (6.2% percentile) for all time with 286 births since 1999.
Tatem first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for girls and 1999 for boys).
The name Tatem is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 65.5% of babies named Tatem were boys. Interestingly, until around 2012, the name was more popular for girls (64.8% girls from 1997 to 2011), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (60.7% boys from 2012 to 2023).
For girls, Tatem reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #941) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Tatem ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 39.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tatem reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #872) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Tatem is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #897 (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tatem".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Tatem. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.0% confident that Tatem is pronounced as TAY-tuhm, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TA-tihm, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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