Tandy
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #15,352 · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #12,367
Given to girls 62.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 49 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,165since 1945
Tandy over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #2,723 | 33 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #2,218 | 44 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #1,765 | 58 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #2,216 | 41 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #1,840 | 50 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #2,035 | 41 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #2,354 | 32 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #2,024 | 35 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #1,600 | 49 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #1,950 | 35 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #1,610 | 50 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #2,172 | 30 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #2,004 | 34 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,649 | 21 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,277 | 11 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,207 | 11 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,801 | 10 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,265 | 14 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,458 | 10 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
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| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Tandy! It came in at #4,556, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1994–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Tandy
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1966 at #1,600 (49 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,411 girls born in 1978 were named Tandy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 360,125 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,600 in 1966, was only 1 in 34,534 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.8% of all girls named Tandy (371) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2006, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 45 | #2,828 (1948) | #3,652 |
| 1950s | 156 | #1,973 (1953) | #3,082 |
| 1960s | 353 | #1,600 (1966) | #2,037 |
| 1970s | 371 | #1,765 (1978) | #2,401 |
| 1980s | 178 | #2,723 (1981) | #4,777 |
| 1990s | 52 | #6,008 (1992) | #8,449 |
| 2000s | 10 | #15,031 (2000) | #15,192 |
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.
Tandy in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 26,411 of them was named Tandy, which outranked 84.6% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,746Lorene59
- #1,746Minnie59
- #1,746Ronni59
- #1,765Tandy58
- #1,765Ammie58
- #1,765Bevin58
- #1,765Chassidy58
- #1,781Aime57
- #1,781Anisha57
- #1,781Billi57
Tied with 15 names at #1,765; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 182,426 of them was named Tandy, which outranked 43.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,614Zahir10
- #3,614Zaire10
- #3,614Zalman10
- #3,857Tandy9
- #3,857Abdur9
- #3,857Adewale9
- #3,857Agostino9
- #4,157Abimael8
- #4,157Adrean8
- #4,157Airrion8
Tied with 299 names at #3,857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.