Tennis
- Last seen for boys in 1967 at #3,559
- Peak · boys
- 1926 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 202since 1913
Tennis over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Tennis has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
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| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
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| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
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| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
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| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
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| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
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| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
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| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
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| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
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| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
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| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #4,286 | 5 |
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| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
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| 1915 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Tennis! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tennis is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Tennis in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Tennis
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1967
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1926 at #2,186 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1927, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 79,322
- Highest: 1 in 79,322 boys born in 1926 were named Tennis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 290,635 boys born in 1967 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 27.2% of all boys named Tennis (55) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 27 | #2,496 (1913) | #3,462 |
| 1920s | 55 | #2,186 (1926) | #3,436 |
| 1930s | 42 | #2,609 (1939) | #3,048 |
| 1940s | 17 | #2,871 (1940) | #3,362 |
| 1950s | 44 | #2,844 (1951) | #3,388 |
| 1960s | 17 | #3,559 (1967) | #3,731 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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