Tatu

#14,756 in 2025Girls' name

Beloved, through Taavetti

Tatu has been given to 6 babies in the U.S. since 2025. In 2025 it ranked #14,756 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Tatu, 2025

1 in 553,000

Tatu over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Tatu: meaning, origin, and history

Beloved, through Taavetti

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tatu means

Tatu belongs to the name family reached through Tatu → Taavetti → Daavid. Its meaning is “beloved”.

Origin, language, and formation

Tatu is used in Finnish and Swahili.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Taavetti and Daavid.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Tatu is pronounced /ˈtɑtu/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6 girls were recorded with the name Tatu between 2025 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2025; its best national rank was #14,756 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Tatu?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 268,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #14,756; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Tatu sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tatu. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tatus were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tatu was born before 2025 — so the typical Tatu is around 0 today.

Median birth year: 2025; About 0 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 6; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Tatu rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (6)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #14,756; 2025

Spellings of Tatu

Tatu is not the most common spelling — Tara is, with 40.0% against Tatu's <0.01%.

Tara40.0%175,812
Kate19.5%85,987
Pat9.1%40,123
Tami8.6%37,927
Tatum6.5%28,649
Katy4.8%20,952
Tana2.1%9,274
Taya1.5%6,580

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Tatu by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #14,756
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #14,756; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 6 that year
First recorded: 2025
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Tatu

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Tatev Tatom Tatevik Fatu Tatsue Tatania Tatrina Tatina Tatiara Tateum Ramatu Tattyana Tata Tatsiana Halimatu Tatym Tatem Tatiyona Tatasha Tatanya Aishatu Rugiatu Tatiyonna Tatiayana

Sibling names for Tatu

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Shyann Halie Allyssa Sydni Leonor Sydnie

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Jerimiah Jorden

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