Tatum
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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.
Tatum for girls#189 US
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.
Tatum for boys#202 US
Tatum is one of the rare examples of a name that was exclusively female, as in Tatum O'Neal, but now is used for boys too, entering the male Top 1000 in 2010. Khloe Kardashian made headlines when she revealed her son is named Tatum Robert, breaking from the family theme of using unique word names for their children.
Jazz legend Art Tatum and actor Channing Tatum are two notable male bearers, albeit as a surname. Country singer Luke Bryan has a son Tatum Christopher, called Tate. We also recommend the cool and crisp Tate as a standalone name.
Pronounced TAY-tum.
As of October 2026, Tatum ranked #189 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #514.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #391 | 834 | #593 | 465 |
| 2015 | #409 | 783 | #587 | 473 |
| 2016 | #422 | 775 | #637 | 417 |
| 2017 | #444 | 713 | #598 | 457 |
| 2018 | #416 | 744 | #534 | 529 |
| 2019 | #359 | 881 | #487 | 596 |
| 2020 | #343 | 903 | #490 | 598 |
| 2021 | #279 | 1,137 | #385 | 837 |
| 2022 | #274 | 1,156 | #318 | 1,057 |
| 2023 | #226 | 1,318 | #233 | 1,501 |
| 2024 | #205 | 1,497 | #195 | 1,833 |
| 2025 | #189 | 1,661 | #202 | 1,736 |
World rankings
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Famous Tatums
- Tatum Danielle McCannGirl
American actress
- Tatum Beatrice O'NealGirl
American actress; daughter of actor Ryan O'Neal
- Tatum KeshwarGirl
Miss South Africa 2008
- Tatum ReedGirl
American adult film actress
- Tatum RicheyGirl
daughter of songwriter George Richey
- Tatum Fisher (b. 2006)Girl
daughter of basketball player/coach Derek Fisher
- Tatum Schneider (b. 2007)Girl
daughter of baseball player Brian Schneider
- Tatum Ella Reynolds (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of model Nikki Ziering and Rick Reynolds
- Tatum Antoine BellBoy
American NFL football player
- Tatum Christopher (b. 2010)Boy
son of singer Luke Bryan
- Tatum Gretzky Johnson (b. 2015)Boy
son of golfer Dustin Johnson and model Paulina Gretzky; grandson of ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky
- Channing TatumBoy
American actor
- Art TatumBoy
jazz pianist
- Edward Lawrie TatumBoy
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Tatum in pop culture
- Tatum RileyGirl
character played by Rose McGowan in 'Scream'.
- Drederick TatumBoy
boxer on The Simpsons