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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

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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 80 recorded years as a table

Tennyson, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1913	10
1914	9
1915	14
1916	8
1917	9
1918	11
1919	11
1920	8
1921	5
1922	11
1923	5
1925	5
1926	6
1927	8
1928	5
1929	5
1930	9
1931	10
1932	5
1935	5
1938	5
1944	6
1945	4
1946	4
1947	3
1948	3
1949	5
1954	4
1955	3
1957	2
1958	2
1959	5
1962	3
1963	3
1964	3
1970	4
1971	3
1974	4
1975	5
1976	4
1978	7
1979	3
1981	3
1984	3
1988	4
1990	2
1991	4
1992	6
1993	4
1994	4
1996	9
1997	9
1998	4
1999	7
2000	9
2001	5
2002	7
2003	6
2004	10
2005	9
2006	13
2007	14
2008	17
2009	15
2010	20
2011	18
2012	17
2013	23
2014	25
2015	24
2016	18
2017	20
2018	24
2019	24
2020	20
2021	14
2022	18
2023	12
2024	17
2025	13

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tennyson 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 2025: 23
Rank in 2025: #4,396
How rare: 1 in 74,264 boys
Since 1913: 1,188

Most popular in 2014, at 25 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 44% per million boys born.

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