Tamsin

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tamsin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tamsin: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #271, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#271highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#271
1997	#281
1998	#349
1999	#344
2000	#334
2001	#381
2002	#344
2003	#447
2004	#433
2005	#397
2006	#480
2007	#433
2008	#471
2009	#506
2010	#655
2011	#692
2012	#812
2013	#959
2014	#1016
2015	#1114
2016	#1472
2017	#2090
2018	#1490
2019	#1854
2020	#2300
2021	#1866
2022	#1767
2023	#2063
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2013: #894 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #959 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #271 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #271 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Tamsin appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,741 births with the name.

Tamsin across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tamsin's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#271 (1996)	#271 (1996)	#2574 (2024)	29 of 29	1,741 (1996–2024)	137 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#635 (2006)	#635 (2006)	#894 (2013)	5 of 8	18 (2006–2013)	5 (2008)

Tamsin by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tamsin in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	456	4 of 10	114
2000sbusiest	885	10 of 10	89
2010s	335	10 of 10	34
2020s	65	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 89 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births fell by 33, from 129 to 96.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tamsin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #271 in England and Wales in 1996.

Tamsin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1490	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1472	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1114	31	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1016	35	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#959	38	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#812	47	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#692	56	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#655	57	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#506	80	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#471	85	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#433	94	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#480	80	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#397	99	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#433	83	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#447	77	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#344	102	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#381	84	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#334	101	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#344	94	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#349	96	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#281	129	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#271	137	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #271, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 137 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Tammie · #343, 16y
Tammy · #57, 55y
Tamsyn · #1036, 25y
Tamzin · #139, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aedan · #271, 29y
Alister · #271, 28y
Amy-Leigh · #271, 24y
Jena · #271, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aedan · #271, 29y
Alister · #271, 28y
Amy-Leigh · #271, 24y
Benn · #271, 20y

Tamsin was ranked #271 in England and Wales · Girls in 1996. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tamsin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tamsin without appearing here.

Tamsin moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1490 and #4684.
Rachael Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #1939 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #3519.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #3695.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #334 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #381 and #871.

Moved ahead of Tamsin

Paula Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1491.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1854 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #1313.
Jacqueline Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1854 and #1940 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #1449.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Tamsin

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tamsin went from #271 to #2574 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tamsin went from #271 to #2574 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tamsin went from #271 to #2574 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tamsin went from #271 to #2574 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Tamsin

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tamsin went from #271 to #2574 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tamsin went from #271 to #2574 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tamsin went from #271 to #2574 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tamsin went from #271 to #2574 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #271 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tamsin

Tamsin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tamsin across 2 official records

Tamsin by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tamsin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Tamsin at a glance

Tamsin across 2 official records

Tamsin by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tamsin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Tamsin

Tamsin and the names beside it

Tamsin moved ahead of

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