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Tennyson
OriginEnglish
Meaning"son of Dennis"
GenderBoy
NB Rank#1122
On Nameberry
About Tennyson
Variation of Dennison
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,578 | 48 | 25 |
| 2015 | #2,675 | 46 | 24 |
| 2016 | #3,353 | 34 | 17.9 |
| 2017 | #3,189 | 37 | 20 |
| 2018 | #2,788 | 44 | 24.2 |
| 2019 | #2,892 | 43 | 24 |
| 2020 | #3,261 | 35 | 20.3 |
| 2021 | #4,348 | 24 | 13.7 |
| 2022 | #3,682 | 31 | 17.8 |
| 2023 | #4,868 | 21 | 12.3 |
| 2024 | #3,872 | 29 | 16.8 |
| 2025 | #4,521 | 23 | 13.5 |
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- Lord Alfred Tennyson
famous poet
- Tennyson Spencer Crowe (2006
), son of actor Russell Crowe
- Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens (1845
1912), fourth son of Charles Dickens
- F[ryniwyd] Tennyson Jesse (1888
1958), writer and criminologist
Tennyson in pop culture
- Benjamin "Ben" Tennyson
main character in Cartoon Network's "Ben 10" series and movies.
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