Tammey — girls' name
778 babies named Tammey in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Tammey was born in this single decade.
54 babies were named Tammey in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tammey
The Social Security Administration has registered 778 babies named Tammey between 1957 and 1983, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tammey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 54 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tammey performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 465 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tammey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Tammey in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tammey 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 778 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.
Tammey at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tammey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1957
- Peak year (1960)
- 54
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
778 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 54 births in a single year.
Tammey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 465 births that decade — 60% of Tammey's all-time total
Tammey decade highlights
- Peak decade 465 births
- Runner-up 195 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Tammey's strongest decade
465 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Tammey by state
Where Tammey concentrates geographically — total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 35 | 4.5% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 29 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 18 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 17 | 2.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 12 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 8 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 7 | 0.9% |
35 of 778 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.3% of nationwide
- Texas 2.2% of nationwide
- New York 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1957–1983 (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.