Tenzing
Tenzing is a Tibetan given name, a variant spelling of Tenzin. It may refer to:Tenzing Norgay (1914–1986), Sherpa mountaineer in the first Everest ascent, whose relatives include: Jamling Tenzing Norgay, mountaineer Tashi Tenzing, mountaineer Tenzing Norgay Trainor, an actor from Liv and Maddie and voice actor from Abominable and Abominable and the Invisible City Tenzing Montes, a mountain…
- Tibetan
Meaning & Origin of Tenzing
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tenzing is a Tibetan given name, a variant spelling of Tenzin. It may refer to:Tenzing Norgay (1914–1986), Sherpa mountaineer in the first Everest ascent, whose relatives include: Jamling Tenzing Norgay, mountaineer Tashi Tenzing, mountaineer Tenzing Norgay Trainor, an actor from Liv and Maddie and voice actor from Abominable and Abominable and the Invisible City Tenzing Montes, a mountain…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Tibetan
The Story of Tenzing
As a girl name
Tenzing first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2002, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2002: 6 births, good for #13,595 nationwide. About 76% of every Tenzing on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Tenzing last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Tenzing on the record books as a boy name in 1998, with 10 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 10 Tenzings were born — ranking #5,840 that year. About 46% of every Tenzing on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Tenzing last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 59 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tenzing
Tenzing is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 59 births in the dataset. Tenzing's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #5,840. Use the chart and map above to compare Tenzing's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
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