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By Clare Green · Sep 2026

Tennyson

OriginEnglish
Meaning"son of Dennis"
GenderBoy
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About Tennyson

Variation of Dennison

3 syllables.

As of September 2026, Tennyson ranked #4521 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2293 in 1915, Nameberry popularity #603.

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
#3,000#4,000#5,000'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rankBirthsPer million
2014#2,5784825
2015#2,6754624
2016#3,3533417.9
2017#3,1893720
2018#2,7884424.2
2019#2,8924324
2020#3,2613520.3
2021#4,3482413.7
2022#3,6823117.8
2023#4,8682112.3
2024#3,8722916.8
2025#4,5212313.5
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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World rankings

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Famous Tennysons

  • 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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