Tami — #12260 US girls' name
37,914 babies named Tami in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Tami was born in this single decade.
2,741 babies were named Tami in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tami
The Social Security Administration has registered 37,914 babies named Tami between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tami currently holds the #12260 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 2,741 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tami performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 18,443 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Tami shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5,583 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Tami in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tami in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 37,914 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tami at a glance
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Current rank
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Tami popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1942
- Peak year (1959)
- 2,741
- Annual births at peak — across 83 years of records
Currently ranks #12260 among girls.
37,914 total births across 83 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 2,741 births in a single year.
Tami popularity over time — boys
90 total births recorded since 1946 (Tami as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Tami accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tami by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 18,443 births that decade — 49% of Tami's all-time total
Tami decade highlights
- Peak decade 18,443 births
- Runner-up 9,678 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Tami's strongest decade
18,443 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Tami by state
Where Tami concentrates geographically — total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5,583 | 14.7% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 2,428 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Washington | | 1,835 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 1,711 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 1,678 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 1,676 | 4.4% |
| #7 | New York | | 1,649 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,540 | 4.1% |
5,583 of 37,914 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 6.4% of nationwide
- Washington 4.8% of nationwide
- Texas 4.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tami appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1942–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.