The name was popularized by a
film series from the 1950s and 1960s about a lovable backwoods girl named Tammy Tyree.[4]
Tammy was most popular as a feminine given name in the United States in the 1950s, when it was the 140th most popular name given to girls; in the 1960s, when it was the 13th most popular name for girls; and in the 1970s, when it was the 23rd most popular name for girls. It remained well-used throughout the 1980s and into the mid-1990s. It has not been ranked among the top 1,000 names for girls born in the United States since 1998. It was the 75th most common name for all women in the United States in the 1990 census. It was ranked as the 959th most popular name for boys born between 1960 and 1969 in the United States, but has not appeared among the top 1,000 names for boys there since the 1960s.[citation needed]
Tammy Cleland (born 1975), American athlete in synchronized swimming
Tammy Cole (born 1973), Australian female field hockey defender
Tammy Duckworth (born 1968), American politician and former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who has served as the junior United States senator for Illinois
Tammy Franks (born 1968), Australian politician, member of the South Australian Legislative Council
Tammy Graham (born 1968), American country music artist
Tammy Grimes (1934–2016), American actress and singer
Tammy Homolka (1975–1990), the younger sister and victim of Canadian murderer Karla Homolka and her partner, Paul Bernardo
Tammy Jackson (born 1962), American former college and professional basketball player
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