Tammi — girls' name
13,884 babies named Tammi in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Tammi was born in this single decade.
874 babies were named Tammi in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tammi
The Social Security Administration has registered 13,884 babies named Tammi between 1950 and 2013, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tammi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 874 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tammi performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 6,514 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Tammi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,308 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tammi in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tammi 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 13,884 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.
Tammi at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tammi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1950
- Peak year (1968)
- 874
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
13,884 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 874 births in a single year.
Tammi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 6,514 births that decade — 47% of Tammi's all-time total
Tammi decade highlights
- Peak decade 6,514 births
- Runner-up 4,815 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Tammi's strongest decade
6,514 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Tammi by state
Where Tammi concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,308 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 774 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 772 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 765 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 733 | 5.3% |
| #6 | New York | | 687 | 4.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 656 | 4.7% |
| #8 | Florida | | 472 | 3.4% |
1,308 of 13,884 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.6% of nationwide
- Texas 5.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 49 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tammi appears in 49 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, 1950–2013 (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.