Tatum
Top 1000
About Tatum
Tatum is strong, distinctive, energetic, and recommended, especially if your last name is as congenial as O'Neal. The name is now used for both genders, with the balance running about two to one in favor of the girls.
Though this surname became a first in the nineteenth century, it didn't become a ranked American girls' name until 1994, two decades after Tatum O'Neal won her Best Supporting Oscar at the age of ten. It seems to be on a slight downward trend, having fallen out of the Top 400 in 2015 for the first time since 2002.
Rose McGowan played a Tatum in the movie Scream. As a surname, Tatum is now strongly associated with popular actor Channing; in the past it was jazz pianist Art.
Pronounced TAY-tum.
As of October 2026, Tatum ranked #189 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #358.
Editor's take: The name Tatum is a girl's name of English origin meaning "Tate's homestead".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #391 | 834 | 466.9 |
| 2015 | #409 | 783 | 438.6 |
| 2016 | #422 | 775 | 437.4 |
| 2017 | #444 | 713 | 413 |
| 2018 | #416 | 744 | 437.4 |
| 2019 | #359 | 881 | 524.9 |
| 2020 | #343 | 903 | 558.6 |
| 2021 | #279 | 1,137 | 692.9 |
| 2022 | #274 | 1,156 | 704.8 |
| 2023 | #226 | 1,318 | 821.4 |
| 2024 | #205 | 1,497 | 924 |
| 2025 | #189 | 1,661 | 1,033.4 |
World rankings
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Tatum on lists
Famous Tatums
- Tatum Danielle McCann
American actress
- Tatum Beatrice O'Neal
American actress; daughter of actor Ryan O'Neal
- Tatum Keshwar
Miss South Africa 2008
- Tatum Reed
American adult film actress
- Tatum Richey
daughter of songwriter George Richey
- Tatum Fisher (b. 2006)
daughter of basketball player/coach Derek Fisher
- Tatum Schneider (b. 2007)
daughter of baseball player Brian Schneider
- Tatum Ella Reynolds (b. 2009)
daughter of model Nikki Ziering and Rick Reynolds
Tatum in pop culture
- Tatum Riley
character played by Rose McGowan in 'Scream'.