Tafari is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2023 and remains in steady use.
Tafari is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,520 for boy births in the United States (and #9,620 across all names), given to 23 babies. Tafari first appears in 1978 and peaked in 2023 (51 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,520 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,775 |
| 2023 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,604 |
| 2022 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,912 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,641 |
| 2020 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,886 |
| 2018 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,289 |
| 2017 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,445 |
| 2016 | 45 | 45 | #16,025 | #3,052 |
| 2015 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,533 |
| 2014 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,768 |
| 2013 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,948 |
| 2012 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,837 |
| 2011 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,170 |
| 2010 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,507 |
| 2009 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,627 |
| 2008 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,244 |
| 2007 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,986 |
| 2006 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,594 |
| 2005 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,312 |
| 2004 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,442 |
| 2003 | 23 | 23 | — | #3,827 |
| 2002 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,655 |
| 2001 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,398 |
| 2000 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,410 |
| 1999 | 33 | 33 | — | #2,660 |
| 1998 | 19 | 19 | — | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 19 | — | — | #3,715 |
| 1996 | 27 | — | — | #2,822 |
| 1995 | 25 | — | — | #2,913 |
| 1994 | 18 | — | — | #3,733 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | — | #4,956 |
| 1992 | 12 | — | — | #4,826 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | — | #5,053 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | — | #4,373 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | — | #5,542 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | — | #5,677 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | — | #5,400 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | — | #4,798 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | — | #5,090 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | — | #4,169 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | — | #4,109 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | — | #4,939 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | — | #6,160 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | — | #4,887 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | — | #4,994 |