Tena
Tena was given to 5 girls in 2025, #17,027 among girls’ names; 8,186 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,280 Americans named Tena and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 55 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tena by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Tena?
#17,027 among girls’ names, 2025
Tena entered the girls’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #17,027 in 2025.
345 babies in 1962, the peak
Tena peaked in 1962, when 345 girls were given it, #527 among girls’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #17,027 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 10 | #10,243 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 10 | #10,322 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,485 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 9 | #11,001 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 9 | #11,284 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 12 | #9,099 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,982 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 6 | #16,056 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,664 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (141)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | #19,342 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 9 | #12,176 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 6 | #17,102 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 8 | #13,711 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,823 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 6 | #16,949 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,906 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 5 | #18,579 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,872 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 13 | #8,147 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,665 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 14 | #7,196 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 10 | #9,208 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,698 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 16 | #6,037 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 15 | #6,232 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,736 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,663 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 13 | #7,028 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,218 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 15 | #6,107 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,345 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 17 | #5,046 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,264 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,126 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,235 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,226 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,143 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,696 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 53 | #2,007 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 40 | #2,434 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,604 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,088 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,898 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 71 | #1,479 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 79 | #1,364 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 100 | #1,156 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 99 | #1,131 | 0.07 |
| 1972 | 121 | #992 | 0.08 |
| 1971 | 156 | #867 | 0.09 |
| 1970 | 146 | #905 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 162 | #811 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 197 | #690 | 0.12 |
| 1967 | 205 | #677 | 0.12 |
| 1966 | 202 | #688 | 0.12 |
| 1965 | 232 | #645 | 0.13 |
| 1964 | 232 | #670 | 0.12 |
| 1963 | 270 | #614 | 0.14 |
| 1962 | 345 | #527 | 0.18 |
| 1961 | 319 | #556 | 0.16 |
| 1960 | 318 | #544 | 0.16 |
| 1959 | 289 | #581 | 0.14 |
| 1958 | 257 | #616 | 0.13 |
| 1957 | 262 | #603 | 0.13 |
| 1956 | 267 | #576 | 0.13 |
| 1955 | 194 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1954 | 92 | #1,026 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 92 | #1,007 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 82 | #1,044 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 56 | #1,251 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 65 | #1,151 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 63 | #1,151 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 54 | #1,247 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,313 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 54 | #1,177 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 41 | #1,258 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 58 | #1,038 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 63 | #1,003 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,625 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,798 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 28 | #1,470 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,632 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,592 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,303 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,252 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,773 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,906 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,966 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,676 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,332 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,457 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,442 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,582 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,882 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,180 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,787 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 48 | #1,137 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 40 | #1,243 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,331 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 49 | #1,073 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 45 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 53 | #996 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 65 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 49 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 60 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 44 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 54 | #711 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 42 | #779 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 29 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 23 | #912 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 30 | #745 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 33 | #676 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 20 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 38 | #576 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 31 | #640 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 34 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 27 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 26 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1901 | 32 | #544 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 49 | #488 | 0.16 |
| 1899 | 36 | #497 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 46 | #457 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 30 | #553 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 38 | #475 | 0.16 |
| 1895 | 45 | #423 | 0.19 |
| 1894 | 38 | #456 | 0.17 |
| 1893 | 39 | #435 | 0.18 |
| 1892 | 49 | #384 | 0.23 |
| 1891 | 33 | #446 | 0.18 |
| 1890 | 37 | #423 | 0.19 |
| 1889 | 36 | #409 | 0.20 |
| 1888 | 39 | #391 | 0.22 |
| 1887 | 37 | #359 | 0.25 |
| 1886 | 29 | #405 | 0.20 |
| 1885 | 26 | #412 | 0.20 |
| 1884 | 34 | #339 | 0.26 |
| 1883 | 32 | #318 | 0.28 |
| 1882 | 25 | #358 | 0.23 |
| 1881 | 19 | #390 | 0.21 |
| 1880 | 19 | #386 | 0.21 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Tena a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tena has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 141 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Tena: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tena, and how old are they?
5,280 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 8,186 Americans ever recorded as Tena. The median Tena alive today is 63 years old; half are between 55 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 5,339 people named Tena (5,288 women and girls, 51 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,582 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 170 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,740 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,820 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 342 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 129 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 79 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tena born?
The states with the most babies named Tena are Texas, Illinois and California, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 406 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 297 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 268 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 250 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Michigan | 228 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Missouri | 198 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Kentucky | 193 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 180 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Indiana | 178 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Arkansas | 150 | not ranked | 1.7× |
Where Tena is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Tena is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tena with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 21,598 babies since 1880, Tena is the most given (38% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5 of their 48 babies (10%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tena
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tena and names like it
- Compare Tena and TeenaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sTena peaked in 1962.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tena since 1910.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Tena.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Tena alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with TMost given first.