Girls' name · since 1970
Tenecia
301 babies named Tenecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 301
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tenecia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 301 have been recorded since 1970.
Tenecia has 301 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1998.
- #15,886 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 301 born since 1970
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tenecia ranks #15,886 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 301 born since 1970, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 301
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tenecia's 301 recorded births place it above 78.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Tenecia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tenecia's full recorded timeline at 1984, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tenecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1998
- Peak year (1983)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Tenecia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (149 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Tenecia's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Tenecia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
92 births
- 1980s
1980s
149 births
- 1990s
1990s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 149 births (50% of all-time use).
Tenecia by state
Where Tenecia concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.0% |
6 of 301 births nationwide.
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- Tenecia's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (149 total births) through the 1990s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Tenecias (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tenecia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tenecia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.