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Tandy

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Literal meaning not recorded

Tandy has been given to 1,879 babies in the U.S. since 1945. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1978, with 58 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% girls, 38% boys all-time.

Babies named Tandy, 2001

1 in 748,000

Tandy over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Tandy over time

In 2007, Tandy went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Tandy: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tandy means

Tandy is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Tandy is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,165 girls were recorded with the name Tandy between 1945 and 2001. Its highest annual count was 58 in 1978; its best national rank was #1,617 in 1966.

In the United States, 714 boys were recorded with the name Tandy between 1883 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1958; its best national rank was #708 in 1899.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Tandy?

Tandy had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2001, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2001
1 in 748,000
5 of 3,742,181 births
Among girls only
1 in 360,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2001
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
518,778 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tandy sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2001 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 518,778 children born in 2001 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tandy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tandys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tandy was born before 1970 — so the typical Tandy is around 55 today.

Median birth year
1970
About 55 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
31.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
32.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,120
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1970s — 31.8% of all recorded uses (371).

Is Tandy rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1978 (58)
Years since peak
47
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,617
1966

Spellings of Tandy

Tandy is not the most common spelling — Nancy is, with 35.4% against Tandy's 0.04%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Tandy is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Tandy was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 258,408 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Indiana1 in —
  4. 4Kansas1 in —
  5. 5Oregon1 in —
  6. 6Utah1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Tandy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Tandy is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Tandy was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 737,056 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Tandy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Tandy by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#1,617
1966
Peak year
1978
58 that year
First recorded
1945
Last recorded
2001
All-time count
1,165
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#708
1899
Peak year
1958
21 that year
First recorded
1883
Last recorded
2007
All-time count
714
Count in 2025
Under 5

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