Tami

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1982 at #6,385
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1959 · 2,741 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
37,927
since 1942

Tami over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tami has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #154, 1959girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,36212—
2024#11,1228—
2023#9,61610—
2022#12,2437—
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2018#13,7936—
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2016#11,7818—
2015#11,8358—
2014#13,0697—
2013#10,23510—
2012#9,71111—
2011#10,37410—
2010#14,9596—
2009#13,7047—
2008#11,5999—
2007#7,73316—
2006#8,71513—
2005#8,33013—
2004#5,20824—
2003#6,88516—
2002#5,44421—
2001#4,56426—
2000#4,79124—
1999#3,97029—
1998#4,23826—
1997#2,82043—
1996#2,59148—
1995#2,97739—
1994#2,54149—
1993#2,41752—
1992#2,07865—
1991#1,74083—
1990#1,67088—
1989#1,315119—
1988#1,181128—
1987#941174—
1986#714251—
1985#705248—
1984#603296—
1983#530358—
1982#500405#6,3855
1981#466455—
1980#419527—
1979#354651—
1978#349619#5,7725
1977#355622#4,1648
1976#318710—
1975#289832—
1974#268947#3,8378
1973#2521,001—
1972#2151,288#4,4416
1971#2061,452#4,3756
1970#2061,556#3,5218
1969#2061,533#4,4045
1968#1911,659—
1967#2071,488—
1966#2031,534—
1965#1921,722—
1964#2051,733#4,0395
1963#1842,078—
1962#1772,209#4,0335
1961#1742,227—
1960#1762,259#4,0385
1959#1542,741#3,9885
1958#1901,829—
1957#315850—
1956#879128—
1955#967105—
1954#1,06485—
1953#1,27658—
1952#1,33352—
1951#1,84228—
1950#1,95524—
1949#1,73630#3,6905
1948#1,62133—
1947#1,79029#2,8628
1946#1,86024#3,1736
1945#2,74211—
1944#2,94610—
1943#3,4938—
1942#3,7387—
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First appearance
1942

The first year at least five girls were named Tami! It came in at #3,738, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2017, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tami is popular in 1950

No state had 5 or more girls named Tami in 1950, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Tami
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 2,760 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #8,362)
  • 3,473 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #8,362)
  • Biggest jump: 564 spots in 1957 (#879 → #315)
  • Biggest drop: 240 spots in 1988 (#941 → #1,181)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1942
  • Peaked 1959 at #154 (2,741 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1955–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 738
  • Highest: 1 in 738 girls born in 1959 were named Tami (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 48.6% of all girls named Tami (18,442) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s152#1,621 (1948)#2,491
1950s5,900#154 (1959)#998
1960s18,442#174 (1961)#192
1970s9,678#206 (1970)#281
1980s2,961#419 (1980)#737
1990s522#1,670 (1990)#2,704
2000s169#4,564 (2001)#7,697
2010s66#9,711 (2012)#11,970
2020s37#8,362 (2025)#10,336

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tami in 1950

girls
#1,955
24 births · 1 in 71,377 girls

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #1,955Tami24
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 71,377 of them was named Tami, which outranked 68.0% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tami
  1. #1,911Tressa25
  2. #1,911Trula25
  3. #1,911Verma25
  4. #1,955Tami24
  5. #1,955Amie24
  6. #1,955Arma24
  7. #1,955Audry24
  8. #2,002Albert23
  9. #2,002Alita23
  10. #2,002Annell23

Tied with 46 names at #1,955; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,242Mindy#2,013 → #771
  2. ↑ 649Geralyn#1,627 → #978
  3. ↑ 636Kyle#1,512 → #876
  4. ↑ 416Debrah#1,109 → #693
  5. ↑ 405Debbra#1,353 → #948
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Luana#823 → #1,064
  2. ↓ 231Christene#930 → #1,161
  3. ↓ 216Pearline#785 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 210Ingrid#518 → #728
  5. ↓ 201Dayle#982 → #1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1950 →