Tawney Popularity by Year

Follow Tawney across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Tawney birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2005	Girls	8	#11,834	Down 210 places
2004	Girls	8	#11,624	Up 3,808 places
2002	Girls	5	#15,432	Down 80 places
2001	Girls	5	#15,352	Down 2,198 places
2000	Girls	6	#13,154	Down 4,349 places
1999	Girls	10	#8,805	Down 1,701 places
1998	Girls	13	#7,104	Up 1,230 places
1997	Girls	10	#8,334	Down 760 places
1996	Girls	11	#7,574	Down 3,357 places
1995	Girls	24	#4,217	Up 21 places
1994	Girls	24	#4,238	Down 138 places
1993	Girls	25	#4,100	Down 234 places
1992	Girls	27	#3,866	Down 497 places
1991	Girls	32	#3,369	Up 444 places
1990	Girls	27	#3,813	Up 1,035 places
1989	Girls	18	#4,848	Down 2,359 places
1988	Girls	43	#2,489	Up 2,823 places
1987	Girls	14	#5,312	Down 1,422 places
1986	Girls	21	#3,890	Up 1,187 places
1985	Girls	14	#5,077	Down 111 places
1984	Girls	14	#4,966	Up 491 places
1983	Girls	12	#5,457	Down 1,110 places
1982	Girls	17	#4,347	Up 2,457 places
1981	Girls	9	#6,804	Up 2,291 places
1980	Girls	6	#9,095	Down 2,906 places
1979	Girls	10	#6,189	Down 975 places
1978	Girls	12	#5,214	Up 1,126 places
1977	Girls	9	#6,340	Down 1,977 places
1976	Girls	14	#4,363	Up 1,153 places
1975	Girls	10	#5,516	Up 1,150 places
1973	Girls	7	#6,666	Down 848 places
1970	Girls	8	#5,818	Up 799 places
1969	Girls	6	#6,617	Down 1,160 places
1967	Girls	7	#5,457	Down 1,899 places
1966	Girls	13	#3,558	Up 936 places
1965	Girls	9	#4,494	Up 514 places
1964	Girls	8	#5,008	Up 883 places
1963	Girls	6	#5,891	Down 1,358 places
1962	Girls	9	#4,533	Down 2,234 places
1961	Girls	27	#2,299	Up 4,091 places
1960	Girls	5	#6,390	Down 982 places
1958	Girls	6	#5,408	Down 757 places
1948	Girls	6	#4,651	—