Tam
Tam was the 17015th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 1851st with 37 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,268 places. More babies were named Tam in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #17,015 girls, up 257 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5girls
- Girls and boys
- 61% girls, 39% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 195937 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,889babies recorded
Tam popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #17,015 | #13,669 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | #17,272 | #7,440 | 5 | 11 |
| 2010 | #7,482 | #10,623 | 17 | 7 |
| 2000 | #8,489 | #4,761 | 12 | 16 |
| 1990 | #6,105 | #2,082 | 15 | 36 |
| 1980 | #5,216 | #2,525 | 14 | 20 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | #2,504 | #4,005 | 24 | 6 |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Tam, counting every spelling?
Tam has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Tam?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tam (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tam born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tam.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tam?
About 800 people born in the US named Tam are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 24 and 63. That makes Tam mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Tam
How popular is the name Tam?
Tam was the 17015th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 1851st with 37 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,268 places. More babies were named Tam in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Tam a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 61% girls, 39% boys given the name Tam in the US.