Tennis

Boy · recorded 1913–1967

  • 1967last recorded
  • 1926best year

Most popular in 1926.

Last recorded in 1967. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

071319131927194019541967

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 31 recorded years as a table
Tennis, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191312
19148
19156
19176
19185
19205
19215
19248
19259
192613
19275
19285
19306
19316
19328
19347
19385
19397
19406
19463
19493
19503
19514
19533
19543
19553
19573
19583
19622
19643
19673

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tennis isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1967
6
Rank in 1967
#3,559
How rare
1 in 290,635 boys
Since 1913
202

Tennis was last recorded in 1967. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1926, at 13 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Tennis doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.