Quick answers about Tam
How many people are named Tam?
An estimated 930 living Americans are named Tam.
How rare is Tam?
Tam is very rare among babies today, with 5 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 89.1% from its 1982 peak.
How old is the typical Tam?
The median age of a living American named Tam is approximately 35 years, with most bearers falling between 23 and 42 years old.
Is Tam still popular?
Not especially. Tam has been declining since its 1982 peak and registered 5 births in 2025.
Where is Tam most common?
Tam has its strongest geographic signal in California, where it appears 2.5× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Tam is most concentrated in California — about 2.0× the national rate in the 1990s.
States where Tam is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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