Tafari
#4,900 most common boys' name of all time · #12,106 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1978–2025
Rank among boys
#4,900
Rank overall
#12,106 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
970
Since 2016
317
Peak year
2023 #2,596
Best rank
#2,596 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 51/yr
Tafari first appears in 1978. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,461 |
| 2024 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,736 |
| 2023 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,596 |
| 2022 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,905 |
| 2021 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 2020 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,196 |
| 2019 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,837 |
| 2018 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,187 |
| 2017 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,388 |
| 2016 | 6 | 39 | 45 | #3,032 |
| 2015 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,478 |
| 2014 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,748 |
| 2013 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,920 |
| 2012 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,761 |
| 2011 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,092 |
| 2010 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,433 |
| 2009 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,401 |
| 2008 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,211 |
| 2007 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,959 |
| 2006 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,272 |
| 2004 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,430 |
| 2003 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,795 |
| 2002 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,620 |
| 2001 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,377 |
| 2000 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,378 |
| 1999 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,650 |
| 1998 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,808 |
| 1997 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,694 |
| 1996 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,816 |
| 1995 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,910 |
| 1994 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,715 |
| 1993 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,905 |
| 1992 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,773 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,990 |
| 1990 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,360 |
| 1989 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,494 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,605 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,341 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,791 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,061 |
| 1984 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,185 |
| 1983 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,117 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,963 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,123 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,889 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,055 |