Tennyson**
#3,612 most common boys' name of all time · #8,810 across all names · 75% male / 25% female · used 1913–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,612
Rank overall
#8,810 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
1,586
Since 2016
526
Peak year
2017 #3,138
Best rank
#2,292 1915
Girls
Boys
peak 80/yr
Tennyson first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 23 | 31 | #4,411 |
| 2024 | 8 | 29 | 37 | #3,801 |
| 2023 | 13 | 21 | 34 | #4,755 |
| 2022 | 17 | 31 | 48 | #3,630 |
| 2021 | 12 | 24 | 36 | #4,259 |
| 2020 | 18 | 35 | 53 | #3,216 |
| 2019 | 22 | 43 | 65 | #2,860 |
| 2018 | 27 | 44 | 71 | #2,754 |
| 2017 | 43 | 37 | 80 | #3,138 |
| 2016 | 37 | 34 | 71 | #3,302 |
| 2015 | 22 | 46 | 68 | #2,649 |
| 2014 | 25 | 48 | 73 | #2,552 |
| 2013 | 21 | 44 | 65 | #2,680 |
| 2012 | 15 | 32 | 47 | #3,379 |
| 2011 | 15 | 34 | 49 | #3,244 |
| 2010 | 18 | 39 | 57 | #2,967 |
| 2009 | 12 | 29 | 41 | #3,651 |
| 2008 | 19 | 34 | 53 | #3,294 |
| 2007 | 14 | 29 | 43 | #3,603 |
| 2006 | 11 | 26 | 37 | #3,800 |
| 2005 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #4,656 |
| 2004 | 7 | 19 | 26 | #4,447 |
| 2003 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #5,924 |
| 2002 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,437 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,996 |
| 2000 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,237 |
| 1999 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,806 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,674 |
| 1997 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,908 |
| 1996 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,863 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,449 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,306 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,931 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,018 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,305 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,878 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,467 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,614 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1978 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,271 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,556 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,040 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,773 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,090 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,454 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1959 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,602 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,140 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,190 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,678 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 1949 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,723 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,908 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,962 |
| 1946 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,069 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,188 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,776 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,775 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,862 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,003 |
| 1931 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,602 |
| 1930 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,381 |
| 1927 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,063 |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,549 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,928 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,012 |
| 1922 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,594 |
| 1921 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,044 |
| 1920 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,358 |
| 1919 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,632 |
| 1918 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,678 |
| 1917 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,124 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,373 |
| 1915 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1914 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,137 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,237 |