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Tenisha

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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
Babies named Tenisha, by year of birthgirls
06312518825018801900192019401960198020002020

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

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Tenisha
1960s15
1970s907
1980s1,666
1990s796
2000s107
2010s10

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.

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.