Tenzin
Tenzin was the 2254th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 63 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 1762nd with 86 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 346 places. More babies were named Tenzin in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,254 boys, down 22 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 63boys
- Girls and boys
- 46% girls, 54% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201486 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,906babies recorded
Tenzin popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #4,061 | #2,254 | 36 | 63 |
| 2020 | #4,158 | #2,232 | 34 | 62 |
| 2010 | #3,300 | #2,093 | 50 | 65 |
| 2000 | #4,517 | #2,668 | 27 | 35 |
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How popular is Tenzin, counting every spelling?
Tenzin has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Tenzin?
63 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tenzin (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Tenzin born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 133 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tenzin.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tenzin?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Tenzin are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 7 and 19. That makes Tenzin a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Tenzin by state
How common Tenzin was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (8.7×), Minnesota (8.3×). In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Tenzin
How popular is the name Tenzin?
Tenzin was the 2254th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 63 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 1762nd with 86 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 346 places. More babies were named Tenzin in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Tenzin a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 46% girls, 54% boys given the name Tenzin in the US.
Where is Tenzin most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tenzin was most common in New York (0.30 per 1,000 boys), followed by Minnesota and Colorado.