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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #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 1999

  • 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: #764 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,870 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedIDMontana: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedMINew York: #786 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,546 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedINOhio: #1,214 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,308 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,035 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,655 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,006 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,307 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #662 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 4,381 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedNEMissouri: #676 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,877 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedWVVirginia: #896 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,871 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedAZNew 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: #739 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,312 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #564 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,393 girlsSCDistrict 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: #474 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,361 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedALGeorgia: #921 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,533 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tammy, so not publishedHITexas: #1,017 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 7,749 girlsTXFlorida: #1,059 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,302 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#474 · 1 in 2,361
  2. South Carolina#564 · 1 in 3,393
  3. California#662 · 1 in 4,381
  4. Missouri#676 · 1 in 4,877
  5. North Carolina#739 · 1 in 5,312

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#47451 in 2,361
South Carolina#56451 in 3,393
California#662501 in 4,381
Missouri#67661 in 4,877
North Carolina#73981 in 5,312
Washington#76461 in 4,870
New York#786181 in 5,546
Virginia#89651 in 6,871
Georgia#92171 in 6,533
New Jersey#1,00651 in 8,307
Texas#1,017191 in 7,749
Pennsylvania#1,03561 in 9,655
Florida#1,05991 in 8,302
Ohio#1,21451 in 12,308
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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 1999

girls
#1,000
205 births · 1 in 8,653 girls
boys
#9,912
5 births · 1 in 384,030 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #1,000Tammy205

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #9,912Tammy5
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 8,653 of them was named Tammy, which outranked 94.1% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tammy
  1. #996Ivana206
  2. #996Jakayla206
  3. #996Lana206
  4. #1,000Tammy205
  5. #1,000Constance205
  6. #1,000Jaylin205
  7. #1,000Kenna205
  8. #1,006Aliza204
  9. #1,006Alyssia204
  10. #1,006Ashtyn204

Tied with 5 names at #1,000; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

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

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 384,030 of them was named Tammy, which outranked 14.7% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tammy
  1. #8,704Zong6
  2. #8,704Zorian6
  3. #8,704Zymir6
  4. #9,912Tammy5
  5. #9,912Aadam5
  6. #9,912Aareon5
  7. #9,912Aaronjohn5

Tied with 1,702 names at #9,912; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,239Trajan#2,235 → #996
  2. ↑ 669Tyreese#1,558 → #889
  3. ↑ 595Latrell#1,231 → #636
  4. ↑ 420Zion#694 → #274
  5. ↑ 414Xander#1,338 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Jaret#555 → #936
  2. ↓ 362Kordell#841 → #1,203
  3. ↓ 313Juwan#524 → #837
  4. ↓ 296Jarett#743 → #1,039
  5. ↓ 288Christion#989 → #1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →