# Tenzin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tenzin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɛnzɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Tenzing, Stanzin |
| US babies named this | 2,906 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,653 / 1,253 (43% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 146, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan 'dzin).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 3,219 |
| 2012 | 54 | 3,129 |
| 2013 | 50 | 3,263 |
| 2014 | 55 | 3,075 |
| 2015 | 56 | 3,056 |
| 2016 | 51 | 3,224 |
| 2017 | 51 | 3,190 |
| 2018 | 53 | 3,100 |
| 2019 | 56 | 2,960 |
| 2020 | 34 | 4,158 |
| 2021 | 47 | 3,385 |
| 2022 | 48 | 3,361 |
| 2023 | 66 | 2,670 |
| 2024 | 50 | 3,220 |
| 2025 | 36 | 4,061 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 67 | 2,033 |
| 2012 | 83 | 1,797 |
| 2013 | 74 | 1,911 |
| 2014 | 86 | 1,762 |
| 2015 | 77 | 1,908 |
| 2016 | 86 | 1,786 |
| 2017 | 80 | 1,857 |
| 2018 | 66 | 2,141 |
| 2019 | 74 | 1,999 |
| 2020 | 62 | 2,232 |
| 2021 | 54 | 2,491 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,187 |
| 2023 | 48 | 2,729 |
| 2024 | 63 | 2,286 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,254 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Tenzin

- Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetans
- Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye, Bhutnaese king (1638-1696)
- Tenzing Namgyal, chogyal (monarch) of Sikkim

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.