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Tenzin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 63 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,762 in 2014.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,762 in 2014; #2,254 in 2025. About 64% of babies named Tenzin in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,254 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2014, at #1,762.
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Tenzin: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 63 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,762 in 2014 · most boys in one year: 86 (2016).
In 2025, 63 US boys were named Tenzin, making it the 2,254th most common boys’ name of the year, up 32 places from #2,286 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 63 boys named Tenzin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,762, reached in 2014. The most boys given the name in a single year was 86, in 2016. For comparison, it was #1,908 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 36 US girls were named Tenzin, making it the 4,061st most common girls’ name of the year, down 841 places from #3,220 in 2024. That is 14 fewer than the 50 girls named Tenzin in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,670, reached in 2023. That year also had the most girls given the name: 66. For comparison, it was #3,056 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Tenzin in 33 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1992 with 6 babies. In all, 2,906 US babies have been given the name, 43% of them girls and 57% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,286 babies named Tenzin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 663 US boys were named Tenzin; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 86. In 2025 that was about 1 in 27,112 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Tenzin ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #475 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 12 | #475 | #707 |
| New York | 29 | #558 | #566 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #4,061 | 63 | #2,254 |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,220 | 63 | #2,286 |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,670 | 48 | #2,729 |
| 2022 | 48 | #3,361 | 67 | #2,187 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,385 | 54 | #2,491 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,158 | 62 | #2,232 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,960 | 74 | #1,999 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,100 | 66 | #2,141 |
| 2017 | 51 | #3,190 | 80 | #1,857 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,224 | 86 | #1,786 |
| 2015 | 56 | #3,056 | 77 | #1,908 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,075 | 86 | #1,762 |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,263 | 74 | #1,911 |
| 2012 | 54 | #3,129 | 83 | #1,797 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,219 | 67 | #2,033 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,300 | 65 | #2,093 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,887 | 63 | #2,163 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,218 | 58 | #2,288 |
| 2007 | 47 | #3,527 | 59 | #2,253 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,158 | 43 | #2,734 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,866 | 46 | #2,488 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,808 | 40 | #2,690 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,942 | 30 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 24 | #5,076 | 38 | #2,598 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,555 | 29 | #3,139 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,517 | 35 | #2,668 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,888 | 29 | #2,931 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,946 | 27 | #3,008 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,814 | 10 | #6,044 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,707 | 9 | #6,440 |
| 1995 | — | — | 9 | #6,351 |
| 1994 | — | — | 7 | #7,683 |
| 1992 | — | — | 6 | #8,344 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).