# Tami (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tami/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Japanese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 38,017 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 90 / 37,927 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 49, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese たみ (Tami).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 16 | 8,060 |
| 2008 | 9 | 12,488 |
| 2009 | 7 | 15,074 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,767 |
| 2011 | 10 | 11,115 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10,358 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,930 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14,423 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,776 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15,477 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13,441 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10,244 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12,049 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,813 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 6 | 3,489 |
| 1947 | 8 | 3,070 |
| 1949 | 5 | 4,147 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,513 |
| 1960 | 5 | 4,545 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,563 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,546 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,953 |
| 1970 | 8 | 3,802 |
| 1971 | 6 | 4,854 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,935 |
| 1974 | 8 | 4,154 |
| 1977 | 8 | 4,540 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,651 |
| 1982 | 5 | 7,253 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1998 | 6 | 2,407 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Tami

- Tami Kiuru, Finnish ski jumper
- Tami Erin, American actress, model, singer, and fashion designer
- Tami Hoag, American writer
- Tami Roman, American television personality (born 1970)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.