Girls' name · since 1943
Tamsen
Tamsen has 419 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,164 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 419
- born since 1943
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tamsen is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 419 have been recorded since 1943.
Tamsen has 419 recorded births among girls since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2024.
- #13,164 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 419 born since 1943
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tamsen ranks #13,164 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 419 born since 1943, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,164 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 419
- born since 1943
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tamsen's 419 recorded births place it above 81.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Tamsen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tamsen's full recorded timeline at 1972, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tamsen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2024
- Peak year (1979)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Tamsen by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (113 births, 27% of the file).
1980s was Tamsen's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Tamsen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 19
1940s
19 births
- 1950s
1950s
79 births
- 1960s
1960s
93 births
- 1970s
1970s
68 births
- 1980s
1980s
113 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 113 births (27% of all-time use).
Tamsen by state
Where Tamsen concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 419 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Tamsen's decade-level peak was the 1980s (113 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tamsens (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tamsen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~81 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1943–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tamsen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.