Tam
Tam is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198248 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1924
- 1,881people given the name
The story in the numbers
984 boys have been named Tam in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 48 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1980s alone account for 34%.
Tam is used for both sexes: 48% of its bearers are girls (897), most of them born around 1959.
By decade
In 1982, its biggest year
Tam was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1982 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jason and David. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Tam
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Huypeak 1982
- Joshuapeak 1989
- Longpeak 1988
- Nampeak 1984
- Justinpeak 1988
- Tyrelpeak 1981
- Jamarpeak 1989
- Phongpeak 1984
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.