Teneal — girls' name
39 babies named Teneal in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Teneal was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Teneal in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Teneal
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Teneal between 1976 and 1993, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teneal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Teneal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Teneal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Teneal 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 39 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.
Teneal at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Teneal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1976
- Peak year (1976)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
39 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 11 births in a single year.
Teneal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 22 births that decade — 56% of Teneal's all-time total
Teneal decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Teneal's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 1976–1993 (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.