Girls' name · peaked in 1959
Tami name popularity since 1925
38,017 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tami. Half of them were born in 1966 or earlier, so the typical Tami is about 60 years old in 2026. Tami peaked in 1959 as the #154 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 38,017
- Named Tami, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #8,813 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 37,927 girls · 90 boys
- Most popular in
- Montana
- 3.54× its national share
Peak year is the year Tami made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Tami births per year, 1925–2025
1959 was the biggest year for Tami both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1955 and 1960, Tami became 21× more common, from 1 in 18,600 baby girls to 1 in 895.
- Steepest fall: Between 1983 and 1988, its share of baby girls fell by 66%, from 1 in 4,670 to 1 in 13,900.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Tami's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tami.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tami in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 152 | 19 | #2,897 |
| 1950s | 5,900 | 5 | #976 |
| 1960s | 18,442 | 20 | #192 |
| 1970s | 9,678 | 41 | #289 |
| 1980s | 2,961 | 5 | #706 |
| 1990s | 522 | 0 | #3,014 |
| 2000s | 169 | 0 | #8,825 |
| 2010s | 66 | 0 | #12,898 |
| 2020–25 | 37 | 0 | #8,813 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
47.8% of babies named Tami from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Tami is most popular
The index compares Tami's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Tami.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 3.54× | 376 |
| Oregon | 3.30× | 1,124 |
| Washington | 3.02× | 1,835 |
| Nebraska | 2.68× | 681 |
| North Dakota | 2.66× | 304 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Tami and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Tami (this page) | 37,927 | 1959 |
| Tammy | 332,015 | 1968 |
| Tammie | 35,380 | 1968 |
| Tammi | 13,884 | 1968 |
| Tamie | 3,237 | 1959 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tami's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tami.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tami (1959).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data