Girls' name · since 1942
Tami
Tami has 37,927 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #718 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,430 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 37,927
- born since 1942
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tami currently ranks #8430 among girls' names in America, with 37,927 babies recorded since 1942.
Tami has 37,927 recorded births among girls since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8430 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 2025.
- #718 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,430 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 37,927 born since 1942
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tami ranks #718 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,430 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 37,927 born since 1942, peaking in the 1960s.
- #718 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,430 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 37,927
- born since 1942
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tami's 37,927 recorded births place it above 99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Tami compares
37,927 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tami's all-time total is 101x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tami | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 37,927 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,741 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tami's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tami's full recorded timeline at 1982, 7% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 93% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1959 peak of 2,741 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tami popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–2025
- Peak year (1959)
- 2,741
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Tami popularity over time - boys
90 total births recorded since 1946 (Tami as boys' name)
Tami by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (18,442 births, 49% of the file).
1960s was Tami's strongest decade.
18,442 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Tami births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 152
1940s
152 births
- 1950s 5,900
1950s
5,900 births
- 1960s
1960s
18,442 births
- 1970s
1970s
9,678 births
- 1980s 2,961
1980s
2,961 births
- 1990s 522
1990s
522 births
- 2000s 169
2000s
169 births
- 2010s 66
2010s
66 births
- 2020s 37
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 18,442 births (49% of all-time use).
How Tami compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tami's total volume
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 37,927 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Tami appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tami's data
- Tami's decade-level peak was the 1960s (18,442 total births); usage has since declined to 37 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tamis (5,583 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tami: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~83 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1942–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tami draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.