Tamsin
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Aramaic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Tamsin is a girls' name of Aramaic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Tamsin mean?
Aramaic
A female given name from Aramaic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Tamsin a girl's or a boy's name?
Tamsin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tamsin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Tamsin, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 142 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Tamsin since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Tamsin in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Tamsin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,160 |
| 2014 | 38 | #1,025 |
| 2013 | 38 | #1,022 |
| 2012 | 53 | #799 |
| 2011 | 59 | #721 |
| 2010 | 61 | #672 |
| 2009 | 83 | #525 |
| 2008 | 87 | #498 |
| 2007 | 102 | #442 |
| 2006 | 88 | #484 |
| 2005 | 103 | #413 |
| 2004 | 85 | #459 |
| 2003 | 84 | #451 |
| 2002 | 108 | #356 |
| 2001 | 89 | #400 |
| 2000 | 106 | #355 |
| 1999 | 100 | #364 |
| 1998 | 101 | #367 |
| 1997 | 137 | #296 |
| 1996 | 142 | #282 |
How popular is Tamsin in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Tamsin in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tamsin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
Names like Tamsin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tiaraoluwa Temiloluwa Tiwatope Chisom Ifeoluwa Oluwatamilore Oluwanifemi Kamsiyochukwu Oluwadarasimi Anjolaoluwa Ireoluwa Inioluwa
Names related to Tamsin
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tamsin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tamsin, updated 20 October 2026.