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Tammy

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~306,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#3,645 among girls
Births in 2025
41 333,407 since 1880
Typical age
58 years, median

Tammy popularity over time

Tammy rank by birth year, 1934–2025Tammy ranked #4,286 in 1934 and #3,645 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #8, in 1966.#10#100#1,000#3,645best #8 in 196619401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1934–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1963: 21,246 births recorded as Tammy. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1934. Tammy has spent 23 years inside the national top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #3,645 with 41 births. Year on year the rank improved by 1127.

Babies named Tammy per yearPeaks at 21,246 births in 1963.21,246 in 1963019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Tammy?

Roughly 306,000 Tammys are alive in the US right now. That is out of 333,407 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Tammy?

Half of living Tammys are older than 58, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1960s. By the site’s era rules that makes Tammy a late 20th-century name.

Your Tammy

Ages of living people named TammyHalf of living Tammys are older than 58 and half younger.median 58020406080
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Tammy is most common

The name is concentrated in New York, at 1.8× the national rate.

Where Tammy is used more than average1 states use the name Tammy more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.8× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Tammy is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 37 1.8×

Tammy in England and Wales

ONS recorded 3 births named Tammy in 2025, ranking it #5,927.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Tammy

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Tammy Abraham English association football player 1997 44
Tammy Duckworth American politician and military officer 1968 43
Tammy Baldwin American lawyer and politician 1962 36
Tammy Blanchard American actress and singer 1976 26
Tammy Grimes American actress and singer 1934–2016 22
Tammy Bruce American conservative radio host, author, and political commentator 1962 15
Tammy Cleland American synchronized swimmer 1975 14
Tammy Jackson American basketball player 1962 14
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 261 in 1956 to 4,399 in 1957 — 16.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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