Tennyson
Tennyson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 29 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 290.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201448 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1913
- 1,555people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,165 boys have been named Tennyson in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 48 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 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 34%.
Tennyson is used for both sexes: 25% of its bearers are girls (390), most of them born around 2017.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Tennyson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 60 | |
| 1920s | 64 | |
| 1930s | 35 | |
| 1940s | 40 | |
| 1950s | 36 | |
| 1960s | 19 | |
| 1970s | 50 | |
| 1980s | 18 | |
| 1990s | 95 | |
| 2000s | 207 | |
| 2010s | 401 | |
| 2020s | 140 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Tennyson 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 Tennyson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ablepeak 2014
- Jeterpeak 2015
- Landerpeak 2022
- Carmelopeak 2013
- Laytonpeak 2015
- Kemperpeak 2009
- Gibsonpeak 2013
- Farispeak 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.