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Tenzin

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43% girls / 57% boys

Origin of the name

Tenzin is a Tibetan name, borne in particular by the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

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Rising name

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2014 was its best year: 86 births, or 1 baby in 43,102. The name is holding close to its all-time high. Its rank in 2025: No. 2230. 46% of all babies named Tenzin since 1880 were born in the 2010s.
1,653births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 1751rank at its peak, in 2014

Where babies named Tenzin are born

2014

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The darker the blue, the more common Tenzin is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Tenzin is most common in New York (10.5 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1990s43%57%
2000s46%54%
2010s41%59%
2020s44%56%