Tafari
Tafari is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Jack Tafari (1946–2016), British-American homelessness activist Levi Tafari, British actor and poet Tafari Moore, English footballer
Meaning & Origin of Tafari
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tafari is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Jack Tafari (1946–2016), British-American homelessness activist Levi Tafari, British actor and poet Tafari Moore, English footballer
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The Story of Tafari
Tafari first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1978, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 51 Tafaris were born — ranking #2,573 that year. As of 2026, Tafari ranks #2,990 for baby boys with 42 births, rising sharply (+67% over the past five years). In total, more than 1K Tafaris have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Tafari
Tafari is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Tafari's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #2,573. Use the chart and map above to compare Tafari's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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