Is Tatem a boy or girl name?

Tatem is a unisex name. Of the 669 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 53.7% were girls and 46.3% were boys. It changed hands in 2012, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Tatem

Recorded 1997–2025 · United States

Tatem was most popular in 2006, when 42 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,262 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,389, with 23 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 669 people named Tatem.

Tatem over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tatem’s peak in 2006. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tatem a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tatem is a unisex name — 53.7% of the 669 Americans given it were girls and 46.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2012 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 41% girls and 59% 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.

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