Tammy

Tammy: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “palm tree”
Origin: Hebrew
Say it: TAM-ee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Usually a diminutive of Tamara, from Hebrew Tamar. It is also sometimes used as a pet form of Thomasina.

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How popular is Tammy?

20248.4 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Tammy in 202428

2024 rank#4,786 girls

Peak year1968

Total US babies since 1880333,366

Tammy is fading: recent use is about 58% of its level ten years before.

Names like Tammy

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Tameradate palm · Hebrew
Tammiedate palm · Hebrew
Tammidate palm · Hebrew
Tamradate palm · Hebrew
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Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew

Tammy questions

What does the name Tammy mean?

Tammy means "palm tree". It comes from Hebrew. Usually a diminutive of Tamara, from Hebrew Tamar. It is also sometimes used as a pet form of Thomasina.

Is Tammy a boy or girl name?

Tammy is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Tammy?

28 US babies were named Tammy in 2024. Its peak year was 1968.

How do you pronounce Tammy?

Tammy is usually pronounced TAM-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.