Tammy
Girl · TAM-ee · Hebrew
Tammy is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “date palm”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
What does Tammy mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Tamara, also of Tamsin and Thomasina
“date palm”
Took off after the 1957 film Tammy and the Bachelor, whose song 'Tammy' was a number-one hit.
- Say it
- TAM-ee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tammy a girl's or a boy's name?
Tammy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tammy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Tammy, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 111 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tammy in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Tammy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 31 | #1,093 |
| 2008 | 39 | #908 |
| 2007 | 33 | #985 |
| 2006 | 46 | #744 |
| 2005 | 46 | #724 |
| 2004 | 54 | #621 |
| 2003 | 64 | #543 |
| 2002 | 50 | #612 |
| 2001 | 60 | #534 |
| 2000 | 55 | #563 |
| 1999 | 77 | #448 |
| 1998 | 80 | #432 |
| 1997 | 107 | #355 |
| 1996 | 111 | #353 |
How popular is Tammy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,644among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Tammy, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 1963, with 21,199 girls. It first appears in the records in 1934.
2025 had more girls named Tammy than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Tammy in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were given Tammy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,353, up from #3,644 for this spelling alone.
Tammy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,835 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,667 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | 96 | #2,102 |
| 2008 | 120 | #1,808 |
| 2007 | 122 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 148 | #1,488 |
| 2005 | 152 | #1,406 |
| 2004 | 164 | #1,301 |
| 2003 | 182 | #1,179 |
| 2002 | 194 | #1,093 |
| 2001 | 192 | #1,101 |
| 2000 | 191 | #1,079 |
| 1999 | 205 | #998 |
| 1998 | 254 | #837 |
| 1997 | 237 | #861 |
| 1996 | 225 | #877 |
| 1995 | 272 | #749 |
| 1994 | 327 | #655 |
| 1993 | 358 | #630 |
| 1992 | 442 | #533 |
| 1991 | 442 | #528 |
| 1990 | 549 | #449 |
| 1989 | 589 | #422 |
| 1988 | 719 | #342 |
| 1987 | 864 | #284 |
| 1986 | 1,007 | #256 |
| 1985 | 1,196 | #217 |
| 1984 | 1,507 | #181 |
| 1983 | 1,781 | #158 |
| 1982 | 2,262 | #134 |
| 1981 | 2,586 | #117 |
| 1980 | 3,134 | #96 |
| 1979 | 3,758 | #79 |
| 1978 | 4,070 | #67 |
| 1977 | 5,310 | #55 |
| 1976 | 6,228 | #41 |
| 1975 | 7,528 | #31 |
| 1974 | 9,238 | #24 |
| 1973 | 11,244 | #15 |
| 1972 | 14,211 | #11 |
| 1971 | 17,656 | #8 |
| 1970 | 19,587 | #8 |
| 1969 | 19,053 | #9 |
| 1968 | 20,058 | #8 |
| 1967 | 18,652 | #8 |
| 1966 | 18,621 | #8 |
| 1965 | 18,013 | #11 |
| 1964 | 20,043 | #10 |
| 1963 | 21,199 | #12 |
| 1962 | 16,743 | #23 |
| 1961 | 15,532 | #28 |
| 1960 | 14,317 | #31 |
| 1959 | 13,707 | #31 |
| 1958 | 9,987 | #44 |
| 1957 | 4,365 | #107 |
| 1956 | 255 | #591 |
| 1955 | 190 | #680 |
| 1954 | 193 | #667 |
| 1953 | 177 | #678 |
| 1952 | 121 | #830 |
| 1951 | 89 | #987 |
| 1950 | 92 | #926 |
| 1949 | 84 | #972 |
| 1948 | 78 | #986 |
| 1947 | 86 | #957 |
| 1946 | 54 | #1,164 |
| 1945 | 45 | #1,174 |
| 1944 | 44 | #1,187 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,394 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,497 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
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