Tenzin
About Tenzin
Tenzin (sometimes also written as Tenzing or Stanzin) is a unisex Tibetan name which is one of the given names of the current Dalai Lama, Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso.
A notable fictional bearer is Tenzin from The Legend of Korra. He is the youngest child of Aang and Katara, from the prequel series Avatar: The Last Airbender. This is one of the unique unisex names and also one of the fashionable new spiritual names being used for babies.
Pronounced TEN-zin.
As of October 2026, Tenzin ranked #2254 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1762 in 2014.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,762 | 86 | 44.8 |
| 2015 | #1,907 | 77 | 40.2 |
| 2016 | #1,786 | 86 | 45.3 |
| 2017 | #1,857 | 80 | 43.2 |
| 2018 | #2,141 | 66 | 36.3 |
| 2019 | #1,999 | 74 | 41.2 |
| 2020 | #2,232 | 62 | 35.9 |
| 2021 | #2,490 | 54 | 30.9 |
| 2022 | #2,186 | 67 | 38.4 |
| 2023 | #2,727 | 48 | 28.1 |
| 2024 | #2,279 | 63 | 36.6 |
| 2025 | #2,254 | 63 | 36.9 |
World rankings
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Tenzin on lists
Famous Tenzins
- Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Tibetan,Indian lama and scholar
- Tenzing Norgay (born Namgyal Wangdi)
Nepali,Indian Sherpa mountaineer who was first to climb Mt. Everest with Edmund Hillary
Tenzin in pop culture
- Tenzin
character on animated series "The Legend of Korra"