Tandy
Tandy was last recorded in 2007, when 5 babies were given it; 1,879 Americans have been recorded with it between 1883 and 2007 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,400 Americans named Tandy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 48 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tandy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Tandy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Tandy is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Tandy?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #17,684, in 2001; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
67 babies in 1978, the peak
Tandy peaked in 1978, when 67 babies were given it (58 girls, #1,780 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | under 5 | 5 | #14,145 | |
| 2001 | 5 | #17,684 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 5 | #17,348 | under 5 | |
| 1994 | 5 | #15,520 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,993 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,273 | 5 | #9,649 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,923 | 7 | #7,177 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,430 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 14 | #6,125 | under 5 | |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,244 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (86)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 9 | #7,920 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,166 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,637 | 7 | #5,696 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,153 | 7 | #5,495 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,934 | 6 | #6,130 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,921 | 5 | #7,252 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,772 | 8 | #4,909 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,204 | 6 | #6,154 |
| 1979 | 44 | #2,243 | 9 | #4,363 |
| 1978 | 58 | #1,780 | 9 | #4,126 |
| 1977 | 41 | #2,251 | 6 | #5,759 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,860 | 10 | #3,688 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,337 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,676 | 9 | #3,804 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,264 | 13 | #2,841 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,672 | 6 | #4,935 |
| 1971 | 41 | #2,058 | 18 | #2,273 |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,392 | 9 | #3,489 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,507 | 8 | #3,561 |
| 1968 | 35 | #2,051 | 8 | #3,335 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,942 | 5 | #4,472 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,617 | 6 | #3,906 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,986 | 18 | #1,909 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,632 | 5 | #4,546 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,205 | 20 | #1,835 |
| 1962 | 34 | #2,020 | 10 | #2,830 |
| 1961 | 34 | #2,031 | 19 | #1,941 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,717 | 11 | #2,668 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,279 | 13 | #2,399 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,956 | 21 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,468 | 18 | #1,944 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,165 | 12 | #2,480 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,542 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,310 | 13 | #2,307 |
| 1953 | 27 | #2,010 | 10 | #2,694 |
| 1952 | 9 | #4,087 | 10 | #2,661 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,343 | 7 | #3,328 |
| 1950 | 8 | #4,277 | 13 | #2,191 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,375 | 10 | #2,593 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,957 | 12 | #2,310 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,982 | 10 | #2,653 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,368 | 9 | #2,673 |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,168 | 10 | #2,380 |
| 1944 | under 5 | 9 | #2,615 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 11 | #2,391 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 10 | #2,507 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 11 | #2,325 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 5 | #3,887 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 7 | #3,081 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 12 | #2,170 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 11 | #2,384 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 12 | #2,248 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 5 | #4,098 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 6 | #3,734 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 5 | #4,264 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 7 | #3,556 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 8 | #3,223 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 6 | #4,099 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 9 | #3,121 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 5 | #4,763 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 11 | #2,732 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 6 | #4,292 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 8 | #3,432 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 10 | #2,981 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 14 | #2,364 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 12 | #2,586 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 8 | #3,359 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 12 | #2,518 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 9 | #2,928 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 6 | #3,836 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 10 | #2,598 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 7 | #2,876 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 8 | #2,247 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 10 | #708 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 5 | #1,053 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 6 | #873 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Tandy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,879 Americans recorded as Tandy, 62% are girls and 38% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Tandy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tandy, and how old are they?
1,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 1,879 Americans ever recorded as Tandy. The median Tandy alive today is 56 years old; half are between 48 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 1,565 people named Tandy (1,105 women and girls, 460 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,485 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 32 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 452 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 663 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 239 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 15 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 2,943 babies since 1880, Tandy is the most given (64% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Tandy and names like it
- Compare Tandy and TandiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sTandy peaked in 1978.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tandy since 1910.
- The top names of 1978The year the most babies were named Tandy.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Tandy alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.