Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from a place name meaning “Tata’s homestead” in Old English, Tatum came to public attention through child actress Tatum O’Neal (1963–) in the 1970s, though it did not become popular at that time. It later gained modest use after 1996, when a character in the film Scream bore the name.
20062006: 108 births, rank #1,438
2007: 147 births, rank #1,197
2008: 134 births, rank #1,294
2009: 139 births, rank #1,266
2010: 301 births, rank #751
20112011: 314 births, rank #724
2012: 422 births, rank #599
2013: 487 births, rank #544
2014: 465 births, rank #591
2015: 473 births, rank #585
20162016: 417 births, rank #637
2017: 457 births, rank #597
2018: 529 births, rank #533
2019: 596 births, rank #487
2020: 598 births, rank #490
20212021: 837 births, rank #385
2022: 1,058 births, rank #318
2023: 1,504 births, rank #233
2024: 1,841 births, rank #195
20252025: 1,736 births, rank #202
Tatum moved from #195 to #202 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2024, with 1,841 births.