Tammye
Feminine
Tammye is a familiar form with a silent letter on the end, registered as a name, and at least three longer names produce it. One of them is a Hebrew word for a tree that cannot reproduce without human help.
How old is the name Tammye?
Tammye first appears in US birth records in 1957 — 68 years ago. The typical Tammye alive today was born around 1963, making them about 62 years old. About 600 people named Tammye are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tammye most popular?
Tammye peaked in 1962, reaching #1359 nationally. See the whole 1962 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tammye
Date palms are dioecious: individual trees are male or female, and only the females fruit. A grove left to the wind produces almost nothing, so date growing has meant hand pollination for as long as there has been date growing — a worker climbs each female tree and shakes or ties a male flower cluster into it. Assyrian reliefs from nearly three thousand years ago show winged figures doing exactly that beside a stylized palm, which is one of the earliest depictions of an agricultural technique anywhere. One male tree can serve fifty or a hundred females, so growers keep very few, and the best male trees are propagated as offshoots and have names. A fruit that has fed the Middle East for four millennia has never once been produced without somebody going up a ladder.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Tamara, Thomasina and Tamsin all yield this short form and have different origins. The record holds the short form alone, which leaves nothing to trace back to, and the added e marks the spelling as a made one.
Pronouncing Tammye
TAM-ee
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The final e is silent and marks the spelling as a made one; it adds nothing to the sound.
Nicknames for Tammye
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1957
- Most girls named
- 196266 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1359reached in 1962
- Change vs 1979
- −22.2%7 in 1980, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tammyes among us
people named Tammye are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Tammye sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Two syllables with front stress is easy to say and quick.
- Tam detaches cleanly and works for a child of either sex.
- It is warm and immediately readable at first sight.
- Tammy, Tami and Tammi are all commoner and will be written for it.
- The added letter is silent, so the spelling must be given aloud every time.
- It reads as a nickname, and people will ask what it stands for.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tammyes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Tammye are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tammye in 2025?
- Tammye is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Tammye with classmates?
- Tammye will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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