Tansy
Tansy is an English feminine given name derived from the name of the flowering plant. The plant name is derived from the Old French word tanesie, from the Greek athanasia, meaning "immortality." It has been in occasional use in the Anglosphere since the 19th century along with other botanical names that came into fashion during the Victorian era.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Tansy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tansy is an English feminine given name derived from the name of the flowering plant. The plant name is derived from the Old French word tanesie, from the Greek athanasia, meaning "immortality." It has been in occasional use in the Anglosphere since the 19th century along with other botanical names that came into fashion during the Victorian era.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Tansy
Tansy first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1920, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1981: 14 births, good for #4,962 nationwide. About 25% of every Tansy on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Tansy last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 375 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Tansy
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About the name Tansy
Tansy is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 375 births in the dataset. Tansy's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #4,962. Use the chart and map above to compare Tansy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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