Tassie
Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 kilometres to the south of the Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 1000 islands. It is Australia's smallest and least populous state, with 573,479 residents as of June 2023.
Meaning & Origin of Tassie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 kilometres to the south of the Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 1000 islands. It is Australia's smallest and least populous state, with 573,479 residents as of June 2023.
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The Story of Tassie
The earliest SSA record of Tassie as a baby girl name dates back to 1892, when 5 babies received it. 1974 was its biggest year on record, with 16 newborns named Tassie — #3,862 in the national rankings. About 24% of every Tassie on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Tassie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 380 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tassie
Tassie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1892 and has accumulated 380 births in the dataset. Tassie's peak popularity came in 1974 when it ranked #3,862. Use the chart and map above to compare Tassie'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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