Teneisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Teneisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 430 babies named Teneisha between 1973 and 2004, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teneisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Teneisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 214 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Teneisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Teneisha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Teneisha 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 430 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.