How Many People Are Named Tafari?
people named Tafari are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 359,017 people in the US has this name
Based on 970 babies named Tafari in Social Security records from 1978 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
51 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly means "he who inspires awe" in Amharic. This name was borne by Lij Tafari Makonnen (1892-1975), also known as Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia. Rastafarians (Ras Tafari meaning "king Tafari") revere him as the earthly incarnation of God.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Tafari, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tafari alive today is about 18 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tafari first appears in the records in 1978 and was given most often in 2023, to 51 babies. In 2025, 23 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1978 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tafari has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,603, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #4,519.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,519 |
| Best rank | #2,603 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,159 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tafari alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tafari were born in New York than in any other state: about 240 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tafari was given 11.3 times as often in New York and 4.2 times in Florida.
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