Masculine dossier · first seen 1913

Tennyson

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Tennyson
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2014

Peak era

2014

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1913Peak 20142024

Peak year

2014

Decline from peak

39.6%

2024

All-time

1,165

Tennyson is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2014, when 48 boys were named Tennyson.

In 2024, only 29 boys were given the name.

Down 39.6% from its peak.

All told, about 1,165 Americans have been named Tennyson and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1913.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2014

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