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 female bearer is Tenzin Palmo, a Buddhist nun of high regard.
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.
Pronounced TEN-zin.
As of October 2026, Tenzin ranked #4061 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2670 in 2023.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
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 | #3,075 | 55 | 30.8 |
| 2015 | #3,055 | 56 | 31.4 |
| 2016 | #3,223 | 51 | 28.8 |
| 2017 | #3,189 | 51 | 29.5 |
| 2018 | #3,100 | 53 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | #2,959 | 56 | 33.4 |
| 2020 | #4,158 | 34 | 21 |
| 2021 | #3,385 | 47 | 28.6 |
| 2022 | #3,359 | 48 | 29.3 |
| 2023 | #2,670 | 66 | 41.1 |
| 2024 | #3,207 | 50 | 30.9 |
| 2025 | #4,061 | 36 | 22.4 |
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