Tenzin

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tenzin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tenzin: Recorded since 2002, it reached #2,403 in 2013, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#2403highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2009	#4564
2011	#4049
2012	#4171
2013	#4739
2014	#5691
2018	#5666
2020	#5493
2022	#4645
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 12 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #4137 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #2403 among boys in England and Wales, in 2013 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Tenzin appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 18 ranked years and 91 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Girls, from 2002.

Tenzin across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tenzin's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4137 (2002)	#3695 (2024)	#3695 (2024)	12 of 23	47 (2002–2024)	6 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#2470 (2003)	#2403 (2013)	#3688 (2024)	18 of 22	91 (2003–2024)	8 (2013)

Tenzin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tenzin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	21	5 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	48	8 of 10	6
2020s	22	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tenzin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2403 in England and Wales in 2013.

Tenzin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,403, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
8births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Fryderyk · #2403, 16y
Ilyes · #2403, 18y
Jayen · #2403, 20y
Yacob · #2403, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Fryderyk · #2403, 16y
Ilyes · #2403, 18y
Jayen · #2403, 20y
Mudasir · #2403, 13y

Tenzin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tenzin without appearing here.

Tenzin moved ahead of

Dianne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5691 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4645 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Tenzin

Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #1977.
Anders Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2775 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #4527 and #1749.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.

Moved the opposite way to Tenzin

Albie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tenzin went from #2470 to #3688 while Albie went from #490 to #19.
Archie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tenzin went from #2470 to #3688 while Archie went from #50 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tenzin went from #2470 to #3688 while Arlo went from #1188 to #15.
Arthur Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tenzin went from #2470 to #3688 while Arthur went from #168 to #4.

Moved the same way as Tenzin

Aaron Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tenzin went from #2470 to #3688 and Aaron from #43 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tenzin went from #2470 to #3688 and Adam from #18 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tenzin went from #2470 to #3688 and Alan from #296 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tenzin went from #2470 to #3688 and Alex from #42 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2403 in England and Wales in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tenzin

Tenzin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tenzin across 2 official records

Tenzin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tenzin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Tenzin and the names beside it

Tenzin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tenzin

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Tenzin at a glance

Tenzin across 2 official records

Tenzin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tenzin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Tenzin and the names beside it

Tenzin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tenzin

Moved the opposite way to Tenzin

Moved the same way as Tenzin