Tandy
Tandy is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197858 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1945
- 1,879people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,165 girls have been named Tandy in the United States since 1945, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 58 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 58 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1970s alone account for 32%.
Tandy is used for both sexes: 38% of its bearers are boys (714), most of them born around 1958.
By decade
In 1978, its biggest year
Tandy was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Tandy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Danellpeak 1977
- Jenninepeak 1971
- Carinpeak 1970
- Melindapeak 1970
- Jillpeak 1966
- Carynpeak 1965
- Detrapeak 1970
- Bethannepeak 1964
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.