Tansy — #11155 US girls' name
375 babies named Tansy in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Tansy was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Tansy in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tansy
The Social Security Administration has registered 375 babies named Tansy between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tansy currently holds the #11155 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tansy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Tansy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tansy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 375 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tansy at a glance
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Current rank
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Tansy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1920
- Peak year (1981)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
Currently ranks #11155 among girls.
375 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 14 births in a single year.
Tansy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 94 births that decade — 25% of Tansy's all-time total
Tansy decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tansy's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.