Meaning and history
From Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan-'dzin), meaning “upholder of teachings,” this name is one of the given names of the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (1935–).
20062006: 43 births, rank #2,698
2007: 59 births, rank #2,235
2008: 58 births, rank #2,265
2009: 63 births, rank #2,143
2010: 65 births, rank #2,069
20112011: 67 births, rank #2,017
2012: 83 births, rank #1,787
2013: 74 births, rank #1,903
2014: 86 births, rank #1,751
2015: 77 births, rank #1,895
20162016: 86 births, rank #1,774
2017: 80 births, rank #1,844
2018: 66 births, rank #2,122
2019: 74 births, rank #1,974
2020: 62 births, rank #2,212
20212021: 54 births, rank #2,464
2022: 67 births, rank #2,168
2023: 48 births, rank #2,693
2024: 63 births, rank #2,261
20252025: 63 births, rank #2,230
In 2025, 63 babies were recorded with the name Tenzin, ranking #2,230 among boys.