Tammy

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Tammy is a feminine given name. It can be a short form of the names Tamsin, Thomasina, Thomasin, Tamar, Tamara, Tamora or other names starting with Tam.

From Wikipedia

Tammy first appears in the data in 1934 and has been recorded in 90 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1963 with 21,193 babies (rank #12 that year). In 2024 it was given to 28 girls (rank #4,862). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Tammy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Tammy yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

333,366

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

21,193

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Tammy

Tammy Abrahamassociation football player · b. 1997
Tammy Duckworthhelicopter pilot · b. 1968
Tammy Baldwinpolitician · b. 1962
Tammy Blanchardfilm actor · b. 1976

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1934	5	#4,892
1935	9	#3,136
1937	5	#4,853
1938	6	#4,300
1939	6	#4,200
1940	20	#1,840
1941	14	#2,379
1942	30	#1,531
1943	35	#1,420
1944	44	#1,200
1945	45	#1,183
1946	54	#1,177
1947	86	#963
1948	78	#992
1949	84	#982
1950	92	#936
1951	89	#994
1952	121	#835
1953	177	#679
1954	194	#668
1955	191	#681
1956	255	#593
1957	4,365	#107
1958	9,988	#44
1959	13,707	#31
1960	14,317	#31
1961	15,529	#28
1962	16,746	#23
1963	21,193	#12
1964	20,045	#10
1965	18,012	#11
1966	18,620	#8
1967	18,651	#8
1968	20,060	#8
1969	19,051	#9
1970	19,586	#8
1971	17,656	#8
1972	14,211	#11
1973	11,245	#15
1974	9,238	#24
1975	7,528	#31
1976	6,228	#41
1977	5,310	#55
1978	4,070	#67
1979	3,758	#79
1980	3,134	#96
1981	2,586	#117
1982	2,263	#134
1983	1,782	#158
1984	1,507	#181
1985	1,196	#217
1986	1,007	#257
1987	864	#284
1988	719	#343
1989	590	#422
1990	550	#450
1991	442	#528
1992	442	#533
1993	358	#630
1994	327	#656
1995	272	#752
1996	225	#878
1997	237	#864
1998	254	#841
1999	205	#1,004
2000	191	#1,086
2001	192	#1,108
2002	194	#1,097
2003	182	#1,184
2004	164	#1,307
2005	152	#1,415
2006	148	#1,494
2007	122	#1,768
2008	120	#1,815
2009	96	#2,118
2010	70	#2,611
2011	58	#2,986
2012	57	#3,000
2013	53	#3,120
2014	55	#3,074
2015	44	#3,586
2016	65	#2,694
2017	59	#2,869
2018	36	#4,066
2019	48	#3,329
2020	34	#4,156
2021	32	#4,402
2022	27	#5,007
2023	33	#4,349
2024	28	#4,862