Tammy

#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · Last seen for boys in 1999 at #9,912
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1968 · 20,058 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
23 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
332,015
since 1934

Tammy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #8, 1968girls
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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
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2025#3,64541—
2024#4,77228—
2023#4,27633—
2022#4,90727—
2021#4,32632—
2020#4,07834—
2019#3,27248—
2018#4,00136—
2017#2,83559—
2016#2,66765—
2015#3,53344—
2014#3,04155—
2013#3,07653—
2012#2,97857—
2011#2,94558—
2010#2,58970—
2009#2,10296—
2008#1,808120—
2007#1,760122—
2006#1,488148—
2005#1,406152—
2004#1,302164—
2003#1,180182—
2002#1,094194—
2001#1,102192—
2000#1,081191—
1999#1,000205#9,9125
1998#837254—
1997#861237—
1996#877225—
1995#750272—
1994#655327—
1993#630358—
1992#533442—
1991#528442#8,2365
1990#450549#4,99310
1989#422589#6,2297
1988#342719#5,7517
1987#284864#3,33914
1986#2561,007#3,26814
1985#2171,196#3,21614
1984#1811,507#2,95615
1983#1581,781#2,57718
1982#1342,262#3,28213
1981#1172,586#4,1539
1980#963,134#2,61718
1979#793,758#2,77716
1978#674,070#2,13422
1977#555,310#1,78029
1976#416,228#1,54135
1975#317,528#1,25846
1974#249,238#1,05261
1973#1511,244#1,32939
1972#1114,211#1,04060
1971#817,656#1,03462
1970#819,587#86187
1969#919,053#86179
1968#820,058#85672
1967#818,652#83274
1966#818,621#93261
1965#1118,013#1,31834
1964#1020,043#87576
1963#1221,199#1,12147
1962#2316,743#94764
1961#2815,532#1,07852
1960#3114,317#1,03455
1959#3113,707#1,01258
1958#449,987#1,11447
1957#1074,365#1,34534
1956#592255#3,5356
1955#681190#3,2017
1954#668193—
1953#679177#3,4256
1952#831121#2,8758
1951#98889—
1950#92792—
1949#97384—
1948#98778—
1947#95886—
1946#1,16554—
1945#1,17545—
1944#1,18844—
1943#1,39535—
1942#1,49730—
1941#2,27214—
1940#1,79220—
1939#3,7826—
1938#3,8476#3,1756
1937#4,2555—
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First appearance
1934

The first year at least five girls were named Tammy! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1936–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tammy is popular in 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedNHWashington: #336 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,849 girlsWAIdaho: #236 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,284 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedMNIllinois: #580 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,062 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedWIMichigan: #431 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,479 girlsMINew York: #1,138 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,081 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedRIOregon: #324 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,676 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedIAIndiana: #400 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,883 girlsINOhio: #439 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,998 girlsOHPennsylvania: #780 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,837 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #695 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 10,249 girlsCAUtah: #306 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,997 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedCONebraska: #309 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,887 girlsNEMissouri: #416 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,823 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedDEArizona: #358 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,349 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedHITexas: #1,092 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,670 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#236 · 1 in 1,284
  2. Utah#306 · 1 in 1,997
  3. Nebraska#309 · 1 in 2,887
  4. Oregon#324 · 1 in 2,676
  5. Washington#336 · 1 in 2,849

Best ever in a state: #2 in West Virginia, 1961.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#23651 in 1,284
Utah#30651 in 1,997
Nebraska#30951 in 2,887
Oregon#32461 in 2,676
Washington#336101 in 2,849
Arizona#35851 in 2,349
Indiana#400101 in 4,883
Missouri#41691 in 4,823
Michigan#431161 in 5,479
Ohio#439171 in 5,998
Illinois#580111 in 9,062
California#695141 in 10,249
Pennsylvania#78061 in 18,837
Texas#1,09261 in 18,670
New York#1,13851 in 32,081
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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 Tammy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,127 spots since 2024 (#4,772 → #3,645)
  • 433 spots since 2020 (#4,078 → #3,645)
  • 112 spots since 2015 (#3,533 → #3,645)
  • Biggest jump: 485 spots in 1957 (#592 → #107)
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1999 (#837 → #1,000)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1934
  • Peaked 1968 at #8 (20,058 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: 7 yrs · run 1966–1971
  • Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1958–1980
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1947–1999
Share of babies · girls
1 in 82
  • Highest: 1 in 82 girls born in 1968 were named Tammy (1.2%)
  • Latest: 1 in 39,202 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 54.9% of all girls named Tammy (182,231) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s31#2,926 (1935)#3,819
1940s490#958 (1947)#1,340
1950s29,176#31 (1959)#555
1960s182,231#8 (1968)#15
1970s98,830#8 (1970)#34
1980s15,645#96 (1980)#221
1990s3,311#450 (1990)#712
2000s1,561#1,081 (2000)#1,432
2010s545#2,589 (2010)#3,094
2020s195#3,645 (2025)#4,334

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.

Tammy in 1954

girls
#668
193 births · 1 in 10,062 girls

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #668Tammy193
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 10,062 of them was named Tammy, which outranked 89.9% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tammy
  1. #663Greta194
  2. #663Ivy194
  3. #663Sybil194
  4. #668Tammy193
  5. #668Aida193
  6. #668Pattie193
  7. #671Angelia192
  8. #671Robert192
  9. #673Kristie191

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →