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
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 2,741 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 37,927since 1942
Tami over time
Rank among girls' names. Tami has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,820 | 43 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,591 | 48 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,977 | 39 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,541 | 49 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,417 | 52 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,078 | 65 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,740 | 83 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,670 | 88 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,315 | 119 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,181 | 128 | — | |
| 1987 | #941 | 174 | — | |
| 1986 | #714 | 251 | — | |
| 1985 | #705 | 248 | — | |
| 1984 | #603 | 296 | — | |
| 1983 | #530 | 358 | — | |
| 1982 | #500 | 405 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #466 | 455 | — | |
| 1980 | #419 | 527 | — | |
| 1979 | #354 | 651 | — | |
| 1978 | #349 | 619 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #355 | 622 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #318 | 710 | — | |
| 1975 | #289 | 832 | — | |
| 1974 | #268 | 947 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #252 | 1,001 | — | |
| 1972 | #215 | 1,288 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #206 | 1,452 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #206 | 1,556 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #206 | 1,533 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #191 | 1,659 | — | |
| 1967 | #207 | 1,488 | — | |
| 1966 | #203 | 1,534 | — | |
| 1965 | #192 | 1,722 | — | |
| 1964 | #205 | 1,733 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #184 | 2,078 | — | |
| 1962 | #177 | 2,209 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #174 | 2,227 | — | |
| 1960 | #176 | 2,259 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #154 | 2,741 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #190 | 1,829 | — | |
| 1957 | #315 | 850 | — | |
| 1956 | #879 | 128 | — | |
| 1955 | #967 | 105 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,064 | 85 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,276 | 58 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,333 | 52 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,736 | 30 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #1,621 | 33 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
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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 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#113 · 1 in 495
- Nebraska#120 · 1 in 559
- Oregon#121 · 1 in 566
- South Dakota#124 · 1 in 477
- Iowa#144 · 1 in 758
Best ever in a state: #44 in Oregon, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #113 | 9 | 1 in 495 |
| Nebraska | #120 | 18 | 1 in 559 |
| Oregon | #121 | 26 | 1 in 566 |
| South Dakota | #124 | 9 | 1 in 477 |
| Iowa | #144 | 25 | 1 in 758 |
| Utah | #156 | 20 | 1 in 735 |
| Washington | #164 | 28 | 1 in 813 |
| Wisconsin | #177 | 28 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Idaho | #187 | 8 | 1 in 784 |
| Minnesota | #213 | 20 | 1 in 1,294 |
| Arizona | #221 | 16 | 1 in 997 |
| Kansas | #239 | 10 | 1 in 1,352 |
| Ohio | #265 | 41 | 1 in 1,711 |
| Oklahoma | #301 | 10 | 1 in 1,691 |
| Pennsylvania | #317 | 31 | 1 in 2,142 |
| Arkansas | #325 | 7 | 1 in 1,856 |
| Colorado | #331 | 9 | 1 in 1,896 |
| Michigan | #344 | 22 | 1 in 2,596 |
| Massachusetts | #351 | 11 | 1 in 2,674 |
| Maryland | #369 | 8 | 1 in 2,307 |
| Texas | #388 | 43 | 1 in 2,336 |
| California | #394 | 65 | 1 in 2,301 |
| Florida | #428 | 16 | 1 in 2,701 |
| Missouri | #458 | 8 | 1 in 3,873 |
| Indiana | #463 | 9 | 1 in 3,915 |
| Georgia | #499 | 9 | 1 in 3,649 |
| Virginia | #502 | 7 | 1 in 4,028 |
| Illinois | #515 | 19 | 1 in 3,807 |
| New Jersey | #572 | 8 | 1 in 4,588 |
| New York | #626 | 21 | 1 in 4,850 |
| Louisiana | #671 | 6 | 1 in 4,664 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tami
- 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)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1959 at #154 (2,741 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1955–1987
- Highest: 1 in 738 girls born in 1959 were named Tami (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 48.6% of all girls named Tami (18,442) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 152 | #1,621 (1948) | #2,491 |
| 1950s | 5,900 | #154 (1959) | #998 |
| 1960s | 18,442 | #174 (1961) | #192 |
| 1970s | 9,678 | #206 (1970) | #281 |
| 1980s | 2,961 | #419 (1980) | #737 |
| 1990s | 522 | #1,670 (1990) | #2,704 |
| 2000s | 169 | #4,564 (2001) | #7,697 |
| 2010s | 66 | #9,711 (2012) | #11,970 |
| 2020s | 37 | #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 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 2,465 of them was named Tami, which outranked 96.9% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 205,403 of them was named Tami, which outranked 39.3% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,836Wilber9
- #3,836Yasin9
- #3,836Zacchaeus9
- #4,164Tami8
- #4,164Abdiel8
- #4,164Abdur8
- #4,164Adil8
- #4,582Abasi7
- #4,582Abdalla7
- #4,582Abhay7
Tied with 417 names at #4,164; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.