Tenaj — girls' name
43 babies named Tenaj in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Tenaj was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Tenaj in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tenaj
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Tenaj between 1996 and 2014, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tenaj currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tenaj performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tenaj shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tenaj in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 43 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tenaj at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tenaj popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1996
- Peak year (1998)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
43 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 8 births in a single year.
Tenaj by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 19 births that decade — 44% of Tenaj's all-time total
Tenaj decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tenaj's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.