Tacoma Popularity by Year
Follow Tacoma across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Tacoma birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 6 | #10,695 | Up 1,635 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 5 | #12,330 | Down 184 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 5 | #12,146 | Down 124 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 5 | #12,022 | Down 2,352 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 7 | #9,670 | Up 1,105 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 6 | #10,775 | Up 1,456 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 5 | #12,231 | Down 4,539 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 10 | #7,692 | Up 6 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 10 | #7,698 | Down 1,797 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 14 | #5,901 | Down 120 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 5 | #17,636 | Down 4,041 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 14 | #5,781 | Up 853 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 11 | #6,634 | Down 496 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 12 | #6,138 | Down 867 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 14 | #5,271 | Down 2,389 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 32 | #2,882 | Up 4,654 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 6 | #13,595 | Down 4,288 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 8 | #7,536 | Up 1,576 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 6 | #9,112 | Down 1,238 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 7 | #7,874 | Down 1,031 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 8 | #6,843 | Up 438 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 7 | #7,281 | Down 785 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 8 | #6,496 | Up 2,372 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 2,812 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 6 | #9,307 | Up 1,115 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 5 | #10,422 | Down 212 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 5 | #6,056 | — |
| 1979 | Girls | 5 | #10,210 | Down 4,322 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 10 | #5,888 | Up 2,436 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 5 | #8,324 | — |