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How popular is the name Tennyson?
Births per year, rank history and how many Tennysons are alive today.
Tennyson (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2013, when 7 babies were given the name, the 2660th most popular that year. It has declined since 2013; the 2025 figure is roughly 43% of its peak.
The Tennyson you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Tennysons born in England and Wales are between 9 and 20, and there are at least 90 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Tennyson - on average, only one in every 3,367 such rooms contains a Tennyson.
How many babies are named Tennyson each year?
Where does Tennyson rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Tennyson most popular?
Tennyson peaked in 2013, when 7 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Tennyson?
At least 90 people named Tennyson born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Tennyson?
Most living Tennysons are between 9 and 20; the most common age is about 13.
Is Tennyson becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2013 peak.