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
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 20,058 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 23 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 332,015since 1934
Tammy over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,645 | 41 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,772 | 28 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,276 | 33 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,907 | 27 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,326 | 32 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,078 | 34 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,272 | 48 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,001 | 36 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,835 | 59 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,667 | 65 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,533 | 44 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,041 | 55 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,076 | 53 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,978 | 57 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,945 | 58 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,589 | 70 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,102 | 96 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,808 | 120 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,760 | 122 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,488 | 148 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,406 | 152 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,302 | 164 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,180 | 182 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,094 | 194 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,102 | 192 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,081 | 191 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,000 | 205 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #837 | 254 | — | |
| 1997 | #861 | 237 | — | |
| 1996 | #877 | 225 | — | |
| 1995 | #750 | 272 | — | |
| 1994 | #655 | 327 | — | |
| 1993 | #630 | 358 | — | |
| 1992 | #533 | 442 | — | |
| 1991 | #528 | 442 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #450 | 549 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #422 | 589 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #342 | 719 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #284 | 864 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #256 | 1,007 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #217 | 1,196 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #181 | 1,507 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #158 | 1,781 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #134 | 2,262 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #117 | 2,586 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #96 | 3,134 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #79 | 3,758 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #67 | 4,070 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #55 | 5,310 | #1,780 | 29 |
| 1976 | #41 | 6,228 | #1,541 | 35 |
| 1975 | #31 | 7,528 | #1,258 | 46 |
| 1974 | #24 | 9,238 | #1,052 | 61 |
| 1973 | #15 | 11,244 | #1,329 | 39 |
| 1972 | #11 | 14,211 | #1,040 | 60 |
| 1971 | #8 | 17,656 | #1,034 | 62 |
| 1970 | #8 | 19,587 | #861 | 87 |
| 1969 | #9 | 19,053 | #861 | 79 |
| 1968 | #8 | 20,058 | #856 | 72 |
| 1967 | #8 | 18,652 | #832 | 74 |
| 1966 | #8 | 18,621 | #932 | 61 |
| 1965 | #11 | 18,013 | #1,318 | 34 |
| 1964 | #10 | 20,043 | #875 | 76 |
| 1963 | #12 | 21,199 | #1,121 | 47 |
| 1962 | #23 | 16,743 | #947 | 64 |
| 1961 | #28 | 15,532 | #1,078 | 52 |
| 1960 | #31 | 14,317 | #1,034 | 55 |
| 1959 | #31 | 13,707 | #1,012 | 58 |
| 1958 | #44 | 9,987 | #1,114 | 47 |
| 1957 | #107 | 4,365 | #1,345 | 34 |
| 1956 | #592 | 255 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #681 | 190 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #668 | 193 | — | |
| 1953 | #679 | 177 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #831 | 121 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #988 | 89 | — | |
| 1950 | #927 | 92 | — | |
| 1949 | #973 | 84 | — | |
| 1948 | #987 | 78 | — | |
| 1947 | #958 | 86 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,165 | 54 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,175 | 45 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,188 | 44 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,395 | 35 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,497 | 30 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
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| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
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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 2000
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#521 · 1 in 3,411
- California#715 · 1 in 4,762
- Florida#830 · 1 in 5,947
- New York#904 · 1 in 6,695
- Georgia#997 · 1 in 6,866
Best ever in a state: #2 in West Virginia, 1961.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #521 | 6 | 1 in 3,411 |
| California | #715 | 47 | 1 in 4,762 |
| Florida | #830 | 13 | 1 in 5,947 |
| New York | #904 | 15 | 1 in 6,695 |
| Georgia | #997 | 7 | 1 in 6,866 |
| Michigan | #1,061 | 6 | 1 in 8,672 |
| North Carolina | #1,144 | 5 | 1 in 9,018 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,206 | 5 | 1 in 11,613 |
| Texas | #1,371 | 13 | 1 in 11,783 |
| Illinois | #1,555 | 5 | 1 in 14,248 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1968 at #8 (20,058 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: 7 yrs · run 1966–1971
- Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1958–1980
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1947–1999
- Highest: 1 in 82 girls born in 1968 were named Tammy (1.2%)
- Latest: 1 in 39,202 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 54.9% of all girls named Tammy (182,231) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 31 | #2,926 (1935) | #3,819 |
| 1940s | 490 | #958 (1947) | #1,340 |
| 1950s | 29,176 | #31 (1959) | #555 |
| 1960s | 182,231 | #8 (1968) | #15 |
| 1970s | 98,830 | #8 (1970) | #34 |
| 1980s | 15,645 | #96 (1980) | #221 |
| 1990s | 3,311 | #450 (1990) | #712 |
| 2000s | 1,561 | #1,081 (2000) | #1,432 |
| 2010s | 545 | #2,589 (2010) | #3,094 |
| 2020s | 195 | #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 2000
Top girls' names in 2000
More about 2000
girls
1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 9,508 of them was named Tammy, which outranked 93.9% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,075Liberty192
- #1,075Shana192
- #1,075Stevie192
- #1,081Tammy191
- #1,081Cailey191
- #1,081Charlene191
- #1,081Denisse191
- #1,088Elisha190
- #1,088Judy190
- #1,088Kayle190
Tied with 6 names at #1,081; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.