Tennis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tennis

The Social Security Administration has registered 202 babies named Tennis between 1913 and 1967, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tennis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1967. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tennis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tennis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tennis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tennis in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 202 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.