Unisex name · since 2012
Tennison
44 babies named Tennison in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,118 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 44
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tennison sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 44 recorded since 2012.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tennison has been recorded 44 times among boys since 2012, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2023.
- #23,118 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 44 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tennison ranks #23,118 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,118 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 44
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tennison's 44 recorded births place it above 49.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tennison's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tennison splits its recorded history at 2017: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tennison popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2023
- Peak year (2019)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Tennison popularity over time - girls
7 total births recorded since 2016 (Tennison as girls' name)
Tennison by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (32 births, 73% of the file).
2010s was Tennison's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Tennison births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 32 births (73% of all-time use).
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- Tennison's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 2020s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tennison: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tennison draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.