Tenesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tenesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,438 babies named Tenesha between 1967 and 2001, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tenesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 97 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tenesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 707 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tenesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 99 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tenesha in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tenesha 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 1,438 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.