Taytum
Feminine
Taytum is given to both — 3,997 girls and 621 boys since 1880. See Taytum as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Behind Taytum sits an old English map word: Tatum began as a place name meaning Tata's homestead, became a surname, crossed to America, and only in the last generation or two became a first name for girls. The -ay- spelling is the newest chapter, and it does one plain job — it tells everyone who reads it exactly how to say it. Two beats, a long open first syllable and a soft landing.
How old is the name Taytum?
Taytum first appears in US birth records in 1992 — 33 years ago. The typical Taytum is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 4,000 people named Taytum are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Taytum most popular?
Taytum peaked in 2023, reaching #679 nationally. Today it ranks #732, 53 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Tata to Taytum
The story of Taytum
Tatum starts as English geography — settlements named for a man called Tata — and hardens into a surname carried by families in northern England, notably in the Tatham and Tatum spellings. Surnames of that kind traveled well to America, where the jazz pianist Art Tatum made the sound familiar to a wide audience in the mid-twentieth century, and where the twentieth-century habit of turning surnames into girls' first names did the rest. Taytum is the phonetic respelling of that first name, and it arrived on American records only in the last few decades. It has been climbing steadily since, most visibly in Texas, California and Ohio.
Meaning
from an English place name meaning "Tata's homestead"
The route is clear — Old English hām, homestead or settlement, attached to the personal name Tata. What Tata itself meant is not established; it belongs to a family of short Old English pet names whose sense has been lost.
How the name formed
- Tata
- Tateham
- Tatham
- Tatum
- Taytum
Related forms: Tatum · Tatem · Tatham
Pronouncing Taytum
TAY-tum
Stress on the first syllable. The -ay- spelling removes the guesswork that Tatum occasionally invites, so readers land on it correctly the first time.
Nicknames for Taytum
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1992
- Most girls named
- 2023430 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #679reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −4.1%377 in 2025, from 393
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Taytum in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Tatum in English — spelling variant
- Tatem in English — spelling variant
- Tatham in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Ohio.
Taytums among us
people named Taytum are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 4,263 born in 2025 was named Taytum
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ernestina test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Taytum's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ernestina climbed just as high around 1933, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ernestina's path sketches the road Taytum is walking now.
Taytum is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Taytum is headed
Taytum looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 42% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Taytum beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Taytum in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The spelling states the pronunciation: nobody has to ask whether the first syllable is TAY or TAT.
- Short forms are already in circulation — Tay, Tate — and Tate is an established given name on its own.
- Sits inside a long-running American pattern of surnames used as first names, so it reads as familiar in kind even when the exact spelling is new.
- Its wave is recent and still rising, so it carries no strong tie to any older generation.
- Tatum is the older and better-known spelling, so expect a lifetime of gentle correction — on forms, in email addresses, at the coffee counter.
- Respellings that swap in -ay- are a marker of a fairly narrow stretch of naming fashion, and that stamp may be legible to people later on.
- Surname names travel easily between boys and girls; Tatum is mostly given to girls in the US, but a stranger reading the name cold will not always assume that.
- It is rare enough that a child will likely be the only one anywhere nearby — which means no shared confusion, and also no ready-made recognition.
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Frequently asked
- How many Taytums are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,000 people named Taytum are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Taytum in 2025?
- Taytum ranks #732 among US girl names in 2025, with 377 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Taytum?
- About 1 in every 4,263 US girls born in 2025 was named Taytum — 377 in all.
- Will my child share the name Taytum with classmates?
- Taytum will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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