Tam**
#3,252 most common boys' name of all time · #7,882 across all names · 52% male / 48% female · used 1924–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,252
Rank overall
#7,882 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
1,889
Since 2016
130
Peak year
1982 #1,409
Best rank
#1,409 1982
Girls
Boys
peak 64/yr
Tam first appears in 1924. 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 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,205 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,101 |
| 2023 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 2022 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #12,383 |
| 2020 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,109 |
| 2019 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #9,013 |
| 2018 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #6,771 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #7,647 |
| 2016 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #7,693 |
| 2015 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #7,593 |
| 2014 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #8,916 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #9,823 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #7,116 |
| 2011 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,085 |
| 2010 | 17 | 7 | 24 | #9,847 |
| 2009 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #6,152 |
| 2008 | 16 | 19 | 35 | #4,935 |
| 2007 | 10 | 19 | 29 | #4,836 |
| 2006 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #5,842 |
| 2005 | 13 | 18 | 31 | #4,669 |
| 2004 | 10 | 19 | 29 | #4,461 |
| 2003 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #5,319 |
| 2002 | 21 | 18 | 39 | #4,365 |
| 2001 | 19 | 18 | 37 | #4,343 |
| 2000 | 12 | 16 | 28 | #4,623 |
| 1999 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #4,214 |
| 1998 | 11 | 20 | 31 | #3,632 |
| 1997 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #5,032 |
| 1996 | 13 | 20 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1995 | 9 | 28 | 37 | #2,649 |
| 1994 | 11 | 20 | 31 | #3,374 |
| 1993 | 9 | 28 | 37 | #2,597 |
| 1992 | 18 | 30 | 48 | #2,432 |
| 1991 | 7 | 29 | 36 | #2,426 |
| 1990 | 15 | 36 | 51 | #2,066 |
| 1989 | 17 | 35 | 52 | #2,049 |
| 1988 | 19 | 26 | 45 | #2,331 |
| 1987 | 13 | 33 | 46 | #1,917 |
| 1986 | 22 | 33 | 55 | #1,855 |
| 1985 | 15 | 35 | 50 | #1,748 |
| 1984 | 18 | 41 | 59 | #1,523 |
| 1983 | 21 | 33 | 54 | #1,729 |
| 1982 | 18 | 46 | 64 | #1,409 |
| 1981 | 12 | 31 | 43 | #1,845 |
| 1980 | 14 | 20 | 34 | #2,483 |
| 1979 | 8 | 19 | 27 | #2,521 |
| 1978 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #4,312 |
| 1977 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #4,773 |
| 1976 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #2,293 |
| 1975 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #3,161 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1973 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1968 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1966 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1965 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1964 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1963 | 29 | — | 29 | — |
| 1962 | 25 | — | 25 | — |
| 1961 | 17 | 5 | 22 | #4,404 |
| 1960 | 24 | 6 | 30 | #3,892 |
| 1959 | 37 | — | 37 | — |
| 1958 | 34 | 8 | 42 | #3,213 |
| 1957 | 20 | 12 | 32 | #2,478 |
| 1956 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #2,775 |
| 1955 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1954 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1952 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1949 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,271 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1946 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,478 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,958 |