How Many People Are Named Tammy?
people named Tammy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,136 people in the US has this name
Based on 333,407 babies named Tammy in Social Security records from 1934 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
21,246 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of TAMARA and other names beginning with Tam.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Tammy in English. Counting Tammy and these spellings together, about 379,237 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Tammy (99.6%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tammy alive today is about 57 years old, and 60% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 53 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tammy first appears in the records in 1934 and was given most often in 1963, to 21,246 babies. In 2025, 41 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1934 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tammy reached #8 among girls' names in 1966 to 1968 and 1970 to 1971, and was in the top 10 in 7 years between 1964 and 1971. In 2025 it ranked #3,702.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,702 |
| Best rank | #8 (1966 to 1968 and 1970 to 1971) |
| Years in the top 10 | 7 |
| Years in the top 100 | 23 (1958 to 1980) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #13 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tammy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tammy were born in California than in any other state: about 19,285 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tammy was given 2.2 times as often in West Virginia, 1.8 times in Kentucky and 1.8 times in Tennessee.
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