Girls' name · since 1920
Tansy
Tansy has 391 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,711 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,174 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 391
- born since 1920
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tansy currently ranks #7174 among girls' names in America, with 391 babies recorded since 1920.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tansy has been recorded 391 times among girls since 1920, currently ranked #7174 nationally and more common than 59% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #13,711 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,174 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 391 born since 1920
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tansy ranks #13,711 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,174 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 391 born since 1920, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,711 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,174 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 391
- born since 1920
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tansy's 391 recorded births place it above 81.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tansy compares
391 Top 50% higher than 50% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tansy's all-time total is 4% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tansy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 391 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tansy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tansy's full recorded timeline at 1988, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tansy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Tansy by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (94 births, 24% of the file).
1970s was Tansy's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Tansy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
94 births
- 1980s
1980s
76 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 94 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Tansy's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (94 total births) through the 2020s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tansy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Tansy 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.