Tammy — #4782 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Tammy

The Social Security Administration has registered 331,974 babies named Tammy between 1934 and 2024, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tammy currently holds the #4782 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 21,193 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tammy performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 182,224 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Tammy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21,377 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tammy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tammy 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 331,974 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.