Tennyson
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning son of tennis or tenys.
Babies a year
80
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies
Tennyson by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Tennyson. In the US, 80 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 48 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tennyson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Tennison6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Tennyson
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