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Taytum

#732 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Tatum

Taytum has been given to 4,618 babies in the U.S. since 1992. In 2025 it ranked #732 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 430 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% girls, 13% boys all-time.

Babies named Taytum, 2025

1 in 8,790

Taytum over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Taytum over time

In 2025, Taytum went to 85% girls and 15% boys.

19922025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Taytum: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Tatum

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Taytum means

Taytum is a variant of Tatum.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Taytum → Tatum → Tāta. The family’s proposed meaning is “serene, tender”, recorded in Old English with the source elements taitaz.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Tatum.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,997 girls were recorded with the name Taytum between 1992 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 430 in 2023; its best national rank was #681 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,182 in 2020 to #732 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,813 in 2015 to #732 in 2025.

In the United States, 621 boys were recorded with the name Taytum between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 69 in 2024; its best national rank was #2,140 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,124 in 2020 to #2,140 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,866 in 2015 to #2,140 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Taytum?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 8,790
377 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 4,260
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#732
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,096 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Taytum 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 1001%
School of 5006%

Put another way: gather 6,096 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Taytum. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Taytums were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Taytum was born before 2020 — so the typical Taytum is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
51.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
96.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,997
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 51.2% of all recorded uses (2,046).

Is Taytum 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
−15
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+450
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,081
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.25×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
87.7%
Peak was 2023 (430)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#681
2023

Spellings of Taytum

Taytum is not the most common spelling — Tatum is, with 79.7% against Taytum's 11.1%.

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.

Where Taytum is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Taytum was most concentrated in Idaho — about 1 in 1,538 girls, against 1 in 6,384 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 50,000).

265 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Idaho1 in 1,538
  2. 2Utah1 in 1,786
  3. 3Iowa1 in 1,887
  4. 4South Dakota1 in 1,923
  5. 5Hawaii1 in 2,128
  6. 6Oklahoma1 in 2,326
  7. 7West Virginia1 in 2,381
  8. 8Montana1 in 2,439

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Taytum is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 74% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Taytum is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Taytum was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,178,119 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Kentucky1 in —
  4. 4Missouri1 in —
  5. 5North Carolina1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Taytum has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Taytum around the world

Where Taytum ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2023–2023
    #5,688
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2000–2024
    #1,109
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1990–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Taytum by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#732
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 450
Best rank ever
#681
2023
Peak year
2023
430 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,997
Count in 2025
377

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,140
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,984
Best rank ever
#2,140
2025
Peak year
2024
69 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
621
Count in 2025
68

Names similar to Taytum

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

TaylinTayleeTaylerTaylaTaylenTaylynTayanaTaylarTaylahTaylynnTayahTayaAutumTaylieTaylanTayannaTaytemTayshaTaysiaTaitumTaynaTayloreTayleighTatum

Names with a curve like Taytum

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Taytum, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

InayaSolAilaAspynOceanHaloLeilanyTallulahJiannaNyomiJovieKeilani

Sibling names for Taytum

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

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