Tenzin
Tenzin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 63 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 630.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201486 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1992
- 2,807people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,590 boys have been named Tenzin in the United States since 1992, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 86 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 48%.
Tenzin is used for both sexes: 43% of its bearers are girls (1,217), most of them born around 2023.
By decade
In 2014, its biggest year
Tenzin was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Tenzin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Khalebpeak 2010
- Fischerpeak 2015
- Zainepeak 2015
- Carterpeak 2015
- Abdullahipeak 2013
- Yassinpeak 2013
- Paysonpeak 2015
- Wyattpeak 2017
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.