girls:
1.2k births since 1945
#4551 (20th percentile)
boys:
714 births since 1883
#3873 (15th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1883
#5881 (24th percentile)
The name Tandy is the #5,881 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,879 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 24.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,551 (20.4% percentile) for all time with 1,165 births since 1945. For boys, it ranks #3,873 (15.5% percentile) for all time with 714 births since 1883.
Tandy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for boys and 1945 for girls). Birth data for Tandy is available in 86 out of the 125 years between 1883 and 2007 (76 years for boys and 52 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tandy has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (62.0% of all recorded births). In 2007, 0.0% of babies named Tandy were girls. Interestingly, until around 1953, the name was more popular for boys (83.8% boys from 1883 to 1952), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (75.7% girls from 1953 to 2007).
For girls, Tandy reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #703) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 35 births per million (ranked 7.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2001.
For boys, Tandy reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #649) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1899, with 87 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tandy".
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