Tafari
Boy · tuh-FAR-ee · Amharic
Tafari is a boys' name of Amharic origin, meaning “one who is feared, revered”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Tafari mean?
Amharic: Amharic name
“one who is feared, revered”
Haile Selassie was known before his coronation as Ras Tafari, the source of the word Rastafari.
- Say it
- tuh-FAR-ee
Is Tafari a girl's or a boy's name?
Tafari is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tafari in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Tafari, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2008, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tafari in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Tafari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Tafari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Tafari, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer boys named Tafari than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Tafari in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tafari in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,574 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
Names like Tafari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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