Unisex name · since 1998
Tenzing
59 babies named Tenzing in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,044 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 59
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tenzing sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 59 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Tenzing recorded 59 times among boys since 1998, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2015.
- #21,044 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 59 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tenzing ranks #21,044 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 59 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,044 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 59
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tenzing's 59 recorded births place it above 53.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Tenzing's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tenzing's full recorded timeline at 2008, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tenzing popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2015
- Peak year (1998)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Tenzing popularity over time - girls
21 total births recorded since 2002 (Tenzing as girls' name)
Tenzing by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (27 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Tenzing's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Tenzing births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 27 births (46% of all-time use).
Tenzing by state
Where Tenzing concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 8.5% |
5 of 59 births nationwide.
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- Tenzing's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (27 total births) through the 2010s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Tenzings (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tenzing: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
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, 1998–2015 (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 Tenzing 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.