Fun Facts About the Name Tami
- More than 38 thousand babies named Tami: U.S. records list 38,016 babies given the name Tami from 1880 through 2025. Even 90 boys received the name Tami - about 1 boy for every 421 girls.
What Does the Name Tami Mean?
Tami is a feminine given name used mainly in English. It is most often a spelling variant of Tammy, a pet form of Tamara, which comes from the Hebrew name Tamar (תָּמָר). The Hebrew word tamar means "date palm," so the name's literal sense is the date palm tree rather than a description of a person.
Tamar is a biblical name, borne by several women in the Hebrew Bible, including the daughter-in-law of Judah and a daughter of King David. As a short form, Tami carries the meaning of the longer name rather than an independent one, and it is also the usual Hebrew nickname for Tamar in modern Israel. A less common pet form, Tammy, is sometimes linked to Tamsin, the English feminine form of Thomas, but Tami is far more often understood as a form of Tamara.
Tami Name History & Origins
The name behind Tami is the biblical Hebrew Tamar, which appears in Genesis 38, in 2 Samuel 13, and in 2 Samuel 14 for three different women. The Greek form Thamar is used in the New Testament genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1:3).
Tamara is the form the name took in other languages, notably Russian, where it became a common given name. The related Georgian form Tamari belongs to Queen Tamar of Georgia, who reigned from about 1184 to 1213 and is honored as a saint in the Georgian Orthodox Church. Through Russian and Georgian usage, Tamara spread into other European languages and became familiar in English by the 19th century.
In English the pet form Tammy was in use by the 20th century, and Tami is one of its common spellings. Tammy is also the title of a 1957 American film and its popular theme song, a well-known cultural use of the form rather than its origin.
How Popular is the Name Tami?
Tami recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1959. Its best rank was #154 in 1959.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,813 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #13,288 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #10,225 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #13,433 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #15,474 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #12,774 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #12,896 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #14,418 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #10,926 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #10,357 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #11,113 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #16,766 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #15,074 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #12,485 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #8,059 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #9,226 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #8,825 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2004 | #5,365 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2003 | #7,173 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #5,652 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #4,672 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2000 | #4,960 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1999 | #4,073 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1998 | #4,355 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1997 | #2,869 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 1996 | #2,625 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 1995 | #3,014 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1994 | #2,581 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 1993 | #2,448 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 1992 | #2,126 | 64 | 0.0035% |
| 1991 | #1,748 | 83 | 0.0044% |
| 1990 | #1,687 | 88 | 0.0046% |
| 1989 | #1,321 | 119 | 0.0065% |
| 1988 | #1,185 | 128 | 0.0072% |
| 1987 | #943 | 174 | 0.0100% |
| 1986 | #717 | 251 | 0.0146% |
| 1985 | #706 | 248 | 0.0144% |
| 1984 | #603 | 296 | 0.0176% |
| 1983 | #531 | 358 | 0.0214% |
| 1982 | #500 | 405 | 0.0239% |
| 1981 | #467 | 455 | 0.0273% |
| 1980 | #419 | 527 | 0.0317% |
| 1979 | #354 | 651 | 0.0406% |
| 1978 | #350 | 619 | 0.0404% |
| 1977 | #355 | 622 | 0.0406% |
| 1976 | #318 | 710 | 0.0485% |
| 1975 | #289 | 832 | 0.0571% |
| 1974 | #268 | 947 | 0.0645% |
| 1973 | #252 | 1,001 | 0.0686% |
| 1972 | #215 | 1,288 | 0.0847% |
| 1971 | #208 | 1,452 | 0.0873% |
| 1970 | #206 | 1,556 | 0.0890% |
| 1969 | #206 | 1,533 | 0.0909% |
| 1968 | #191 | 1,659 | 0.1011% |
| 1967 | #207 | 1,488 | 0.0901% |
| 1966 | #203 | 1,534 | 0.0907% |
| 1965 | #192 | 1,721 | 0.0975% |
| 1964 | #205 | 1,733 | 0.0915% |
| 1963 | #184 | 2,079 | 0.1079% |
| 1962 | #177 | 2,209 | 0.1123% |
| 1961 | #174 | 2,227 | 0.1103% |
| 1960 | #176 | 2,260 | 0.1118% |
| 1959 | #154 | 2,741 | 0.1355% |
| 1958 | #191 | 1,829 | 0.0909% |
| 1957 | #315 | 850 | 0.0416% |
| 1956 | #884 | 128 | 0.0064% |
| 1955 | #976 | 105 | 0.0054% |
| 1954 | #1,072 | 85 | 0.0044% |
| 1953 | #1,287 | 58 | 0.0031% |
| 1952 | #1,348 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 1951 | #1,880 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1950 | #1,999 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1949 | #1,763 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 1948 | #1,644 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1947 | #1,817 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1946 | #1,912 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 1945 | #2,897 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1944 | #3,121 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1943 | #3,777 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1942 | #4,086 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | #7,254 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #6,649 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #4,541 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #4,155 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #4,935 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #4,854 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #3,802 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #4,954 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #4,546 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #4,561 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1960 | #4,545 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1959 | #4,513 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1949 | #4,147 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #3,070 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1946 | #3,488 | 6 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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