Is Tenzin a boy or girl name?

Tenzin is a unisex name. Of the 2,906 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 43.1% were girls and 56.9% were boys. It changed hands in 2024, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Tenzin

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 over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tenzin’s peak in 2014. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tenzin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

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.

Names that peaked alongside Tenzin

Where Tenzin is most concentrated

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