Tami

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1982 at #6,385
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1959 · 2,741 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
37,927
since 1942

Tami over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tami has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #154, 1959girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,36212
2024#11,1228
2023#9,61610
2022#12,2437
2021
2020
2019
2018#13,7936
2017
2016#11,7818
2015#11,8358
2014#13,0697
2013#10,23510
2012#9,71111
2011#10,37410
2010#14,9596
2009#13,7047
2008#11,5999
2007#7,73316
2006#8,71513
2005#8,33013
2004#5,20824
2003#6,88516
2002#5,44421
2001#4,56426
2000#4,79124
1999#3,97029
1998#4,23826
1997#2,82043
1996#2,59148
1995#2,97739
1994#2,54149
1993#2,41752
1992#2,07865
1991#1,74083
1990#1,67088
1989#1,315119
1988#1,181128
1987#941174
1986#714251
1985#705248
1984#603296
1983#530358
1982#500405#6,3855
1981#466455
1980#419527
1979#354651
1978#349619#5,7725
1977#355622#4,1648
1976#318710
1975#289832
1974#268947#3,8378
1973#2521,001
1972#2151,288#4,4416
1971#2061,452#4,3756
1970#2061,556#3,5218
1969#2061,533#4,4045
1968#1911,659
1967#2071,488
1966#2031,534
1965#1921,722
1964#2051,733#4,0395
1963#1842,078
1962#1772,209#4,0335
1961#1742,227
1960#1762,259#4,0385
1959#1542,741#3,9885
1958#1901,829
1957#315850
1956#879128
1955#967105
1954#1,06485
1953#1,27658
1952#1,33352
1951#1,84228
1950#1,95524
1949#1,73630#3,6905
1948#1,62133
1947#1,79029#2,8628
1946#1,86024#3,1736
1945#2,74211
1944#2,94610
1943#3,4938
1942#3,7387
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First appearance
1942

The first year at least five girls were named Tami! It came in at #3,738, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2017, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tami is popular in 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tami, so not publishedAKMaine: #189 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,036 girlsMEVermont: #135 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 546 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #164 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 775 girlsNHWashington: #62 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 251 girlsWAIdaho: #95 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 346 girlsIDMontana: #91 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 318 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #105 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 338 girlsNDMinnesota: #127 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 530 girlsMNIllinois: #183 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 909 girlsILWisconsin: #143 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 691 girlsWIMichigan: #167 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 809 girlsMINew York: #308 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 2,093 girlsNYMassachusetts: #341 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,695 girlsMARhode Island: #210 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,550 girlsRIOregon: #60 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 244 girlsORNevada: #89 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 277 girlsNVWyoming: #125 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 418 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #138 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 593 girlsSDIowa: #112 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 453 girlsIAIndiana: #174 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 872 girlsINOhio: #141 for girls · 152 births · 1 in 630 girlsOHPennsylvania: #207 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 1,257 girlsPANew Jersey: #288 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,053 girlsNJConnecticut: #232 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,519 girlsCTCalifornia: #111 for girls · 355 births · 1 in 490 girlsCAUtah: #94 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 342 girlsUTColorado: #148 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 589 girlsCONebraska: #115 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 461 girlsNEMissouri: #252 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,711 girlsMOKentucky: #208 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,207 girlsKYWest Virginia: #244 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,513 girlsWVVirginia: #287 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,990 girlsVAMaryland: #291 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,991 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tami, so not publishedDEArizona: #162 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 602 girlsAZNew Mexico: #269 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,224 girlsNMKansas: #152 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 689 girlsKSArkansas: #159 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 729 girlsARTennessee: #212 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,198 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #238 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,449 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #225 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,236 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #305 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,833 girlsDCOklahoma: #137 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 559 girlsOKLouisiana: #473 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,615 girlsLAMississippi: #322 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,970 girlsMSAlabama: #216 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,146 girlsALGeorgia: #263 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,615 girlsGAHawaii: #214 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 760 girlsHITexas: #247 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 1,218 girlsTXFlorida: #161 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 683 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#60 · 1 in 244
  2. Washington#62 · 1 in 251
  3. Nevada#89 · 1 in 277
  4. Montana#91 · 1 in 318
  5. Utah#94 · 1 in 342

Best ever in a state: #44 in Oregon, 1962.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#60591 in 244
Washington#621021 in 251
Nevada#89111 in 277
Montana#91181 in 318
Utah#94291 in 342
Idaho#95161 in 346
North Dakota#105171 in 338
California#1113551 in 490
Iowa#112561 in 453
Nebraska#115301 in 461
Wyoming#12561 in 418
Minnesota#127671 in 530
Vermont#13561 in 546
Oklahoma#137361 in 559
South Dakota#138111 in 593
Ohio#1411521 in 630
Wisconsin#143591 in 691
Colorado#148321 in 589
Kansas#152271 in 689
Arkansas#159241 in 729
Florida#161711 in 683
Arizona#162251 in 602
New Hampshire#16471 in 775
Michigan#167991 in 809
Indiana#174541 in 872
Illinois#1831091 in 909
Maine#18991 in 1,036
Pennsylvania#207811 in 1,257
Kentucky#208251 in 1,207
Rhode Island#21051 in 1,550
Tennessee#212291 in 1,198
Hawaii#21481 in 760
Alabama#216281 in 1,146
South Carolina#225201 in 1,236
Connecticut#232161 in 1,519
North Carolina#238321 in 1,449
West Virginia#244101 in 1,513
Texas#247881 in 1,218
Missouri#252241 in 1,711
Georgia#263271 in 1,615
New Mexico#26991 in 1,224
Virginia#287201 in 1,990
New Jersey#288281 in 2,053
Maryland#291151 in 1,991
District of Columbia#30571 in 1,833
New York#308781 in 2,093
Mississippi#322121 in 1,970
Massachusetts#341141 in 3,695
Louisiana#473101 in 3,615
Alaska
Delaware

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Tami
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 2,760 spots since 2024 (#11,122#8,362)
  • 3,473 spots since 2015 (#11,835#8,362)
  • Biggest jump: 564 spots in 1957 (#879#315)
  • Biggest drop: 240 spots in 1988 (#941#1,181)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1942
  • Peaked 1959 at #154 (2,741 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1955–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 738
  • Highest: 1 in 738 girls born in 1959 were named Tami (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 48.6% of all girls named Tami (18,442) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s152#1,621 (1948)#2,491
1950s5,900#154 (1959)#998
1960s18,442#174 (1961)#192
1970s9,678#206 (1970)#281
1980s2,961#419 (1980)#737
1990s522#1,670 (1990)#2,704
2000s169#4,564 (2001)#7,697
2010s66#9,711 (2012)#11,970
2020s37#8,362 (2025)#10,336

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tami in 1963

girls
#184
2,078 births · 1 in 928 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #184Tami2,078
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 928 of them was named Tami, which outranked 97.6% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tami
  1. #181Doris2,129
  2. #182Melody2,093
  3. #183Heather2,090
  4. #184Tami2,078
  5. #185Shelia2,064
  6. #186Shannon2,053
  7. #187Glenda2,051
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 631Zena#1,323#692
  2. 623Zina#992#369
  3. 540Trisha#1,020#480
  4. 457Shirl#1,304#847
  5. 396Glynis#992#596
Fallers
  1. 1,195Marnita#727#1,922
  2. 255Velvet#623#878
  3. 235Delphine#904#1,139
  4. 224Rosita#934#1,158
  5. 197Lindy#885#1,082

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1963