Tansy
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Tansy is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Tansy mean?
English
A female given name from English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Tansy a girl's or a boy's name?
Tansy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tansy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 129% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Tansy, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2005, with 13 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Tansy than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Tansy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Tansy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Tansy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Tansy, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. It first appears in the records in 1920.
2025 had the most girls named Tansy of any year since it first appeared, in 1920.
Half of all the girls named Tansy in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tansy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
Names like Tansy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Tansy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tansy, updated 20 October 2026.