Tammy

Where Tammy comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Tammy.

  • Vowel-ended
Tammy through the years
  1. 1934
    First appearance
    #4,286 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Around this time: Tammy and the Bachelor
    Film, 1957 · Source
    “The increase in popularity was due to the 1957 romantic comedy film Tammy and the Bachelor, which was based on Sumner's novel, and the hit song from the film, Tammy.”
  3. 1968
    Tammy Duckworth born
    American politician and military officer
  4. 1968
    Peak, #8
    20,058 babies named Tammy, its best rank.
  5. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #24.
  6. 1997
    Tammy Abraham born
    English association football player
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Tammy Abraham · English association football player, born 1997
  • Tammy Duckworth · American politician and military officer, born 1968
  • Tammy Baldwin · American lawyer and politician, born 1962
  • Tammy Blanchard · American actress and singer, born 1976
  • Tammy Grimes · American actress and singer, 1934–2016

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name. Quotes are from the linked Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).