Tenisha
Tenisha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 744th, in 1983.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1983221 births
- Best rank
- #744in 1983
- Since 1968
- 3,501people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,501 girls have been named Tenisha in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1983, with 221 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 221 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 48%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1983, its biggest year
Tenisha was the 744th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1983 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 1983.
Names that rose and fell with Tenisha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Laquandapeak 1977
- Teneshapeak 1984
- Natoshapeak 1986
- Tinishapeak 1980
- Shauntepeak 1978
- Megganpeak 1985
- Lateshapeak 1980
- Shanitapeak 1978
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.