Recorded 1992–2025 · United States
Tenzin was most popular in 2014, when 141 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,774 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,549, with 99 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,906 people named Tenzin.
Tenzin first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1992, which makes it about 33 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 33 of the 34 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,906 American births named Tenzin between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,878 are estimated to be alive today.
99 American babies were named Tenzin in 2025, ranking #3,549 that year.
Tenzin is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 108 births a year, against 131 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -17% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Tenzin is a unisex name — 43.1% of the 2,906 Americans given it were girls and 56.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2024 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 43% girls and 57% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 2,878 Americans named Tenzin are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 7 and 19. That is a narrow band because Tenzin is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org