How Many People Are Named Tansy?
An estimated 340 people in the United States have the first name Tansy. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 33 years old, and Tansy peaked in popularity in 1981 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tansy as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tansy paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
340
About 1 in 1,008,101 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
33
years old
Peak Year
1981
14 births
Total Registered
375
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tansy
Tansy is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 375 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tansy as a female name
Ranked #12,007 in 2024
8 female births in 2024
Peak: 1981 (14 births)
Tansy: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tansy span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 94 babies were registered. While Tansy is less common than at its peak in the 1970s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Tansy by Decade
How has Tansy tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tansy + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tansy as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Tansy: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tansy?
We estimate approximately 340 people named Tansy are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,008,101 Americans share this first name.
Is Tansy a common name?
Tansy is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 375 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tansy most popular?
Tansy reached peak popularity in 1981, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tansy is approximately 33 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tansy a female name?
Tansy is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tansy Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tansy Smith, Tansy Johnson, Tansy Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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