Is Tafari a boy or girl name?

Tafari is a boy’s name. Of the 970 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.

Tafari

Recorded 1978–2025 · United States

Tafari was most popular in 2023, when 51 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,564 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,389, with 23 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 970 people named Tafari.

Tafari over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tafari’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tafari a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tafari is a boy’s name — 0.6% of the 970 Americans given it were girls and 99.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 2% girls and 98% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Tafari

Where Tafari is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org