Name meaning & stats
Tatum
Tatum means “cheerful homestead”. 41,874 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“cheerful homestead”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
41,874 US babies were named Tatum between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Tatum (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Tatum is the main spelling
- Tatum 98%
- Tatem 2%
- Tatym 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)