Tasman

Boys' name

Purse, pouch + person, man

Tasman has been given to 60 babies in the U.S. since 2001. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2001, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Tasman, 2021

1 in 484,000

Tasman over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Tasman: meaning, origin, and history

Purse, pouch + person, man

surname transfer

What Tasman means

Tasman means “purse, pouch + person, man”, associated with tas and man.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Dutch Tasman, from Old Dutch tas (“purse, pouch”) + man (“person, man”). The places are named after Abel Tasman.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Tasman (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Tasman is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Tasman comes through Dutch Tasman and Old Dutch tas.

Tasman is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Tasman is pronounced /ˈtæzmən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 60 boys were recorded with the name Tasman between 2001 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2001; its best national rank was #6,873 in 2001.

How common is Tasman?

Tasman had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 484,000; 7 of 3,389,958 births
Among boys only: 1 in 250,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 335,678 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Tasman sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2021 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 335,678 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tasman. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tasmans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tasman was born before 2011 — so the typical Tasman is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 46.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 60; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 46.7% of all recorded uses (28).

Is Tasman rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2001 (10)
Years since peak: 24; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,873; 2001

Spellings of Tasman

Tasman is not the most common spelling — Truman is, with 18.2% against Tasman's 0.07%.

Truman18.2%15,947
Hassan14.0%12,300
Hasan6.2%5,398
Arman5.3%4,635
Talan4.5%3,982
Osman4.4%3,893
Ayman3.3%2,880
Wayman3.3%2,850

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Tasman around the world

Where Tasman ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1947–2013
#389
in 2013

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Tasman by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,873; 2001
Peak year: 2001; 10 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 60
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Tasman

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Tashun Sriman Tashfin Tashan Tasi Teoman Beauman Tason Rhoman Taseen Soliman Numan Tasker Sukhman Gurman Firman Tasha Tashad Karman Noman Wilman Jorman Tasean Neuman

Sibling names for Tasman

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Magaly Nyah Sheridan Lesli Nya Shyann Alysa Danae

For a brother

Destin Cristobal Dallin Donavon Coby Kevon Zakary Keyon

Explore around Tasman

Top names of 2001, Tasman's peak year The 2000s in full Other names that peaked in 2001 Boys' names starting with T