Tami

Where Tami comes from

Borrowed from Japanese たみ (Tami).
— Wiktionary's entry for Tami
  • Japanese
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1942
    First appearance
    #3,738 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Peak, #154
    2,741 babies named Tami — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #215.
  4. 1974
    Tami Erin born
    American actress, model, singer, and fashion designer
  5. 1976
    Tami Kiuru born
    Finnish ski jumper
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Japanese.
Namesakes
  • Tami Kiuru · Finnish ski jumper, born 1976
  • Tami Erin · American actress, model, singer, and fashion designer, born 1974
  • Tami Chynn · Jamaican singer, songwriter, dancer, born 1984
  • Tami Hoag · American writer, born 1959
  • Tami Roman · American television personality, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.