Tansy

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Tansy: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,434, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1434highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#2411
1998	#1823
1999	#2770
2000	#1688
2001	#2023
2002	#2868
2003	#2436
2004	#1952
2005	#1796
2006	#2320
2007	#2085
2008	#3397
2009	#2326
2010	#2104
2011	#5785
2012	#2521
2013	#2887
2014	#3160
2015	#4103
2016	#4096
2017	#3229
2018	#5666
2019	#4686
2021	#3961
2022	#4645
2023	#3598
2024	#3695

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 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1434 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: #1434 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Tansy 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 Tansy in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	88	10 of 10	9
2010s	64	10 of 10	6
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Tansy appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1434 in England and Wales in 1996.

Tansy'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,434, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
24 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Arifa · #1434, 29y
Amilia · #1433, 27y
Juwairiyah · #1433, 26y
Parisa · #1433, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arifa · #1434, 29y
Hasina · #1434, 19y
Sammie · #1434, 22y
Sultana · #1434, 14y

Tansy 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 Tansy without appearing here.

Tansy moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5666 and #3985 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #5581.
Debra Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2770 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1688 and #3247.

Moved ahead of Tansy

Selma Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2104 and #2392 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #1608.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #1711.
Mona Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2104 and #2589 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2025.
Marilyn Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2104 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2150.

Moved the opposite way to Tansy

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tansy went from #1434 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tansy went from #1434 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tansy went from #1434 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tansy went from #1434 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Tansy

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tansy went from #1434 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tansy went from #1434 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tansy went from #1434 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tansy went from #1434 to #3695 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1434 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tansy

Tansy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tansy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tansy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Tansy and the names beside it

Tansy moved ahead of

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Tansy at a glance

Tansy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tansy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Tansy and the names beside it

Tansy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tansy

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