Tennille
Tennille is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 300th, in 1976.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1976769 births
- Best rank
- #300in 1976
- Since 1975
- 2,179people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,179 girls have been named Tennille in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1976, with 769 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 769 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1970s alone account for 71%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1976, its biggest year
Tennille was the 300th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1976 were Jennifer, Amy, Melissa, Heather and Angela. See all of 1976.
Names that rose and fell with Tennille
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kizzypeak 1977
- Chakapeak 1976
- Januarypeak 1978
- Qianapeak 1978
- Khalilahpeak 1976
- Anitrapeak 1976
- Takishapeak 1977
- Shalonpeak 1977
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.