Girls' name · since 1972
Tenesia
169 babies named Tenesia in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,579 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 169
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
169 girls have been named Tenesia since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tenesia has been recorded 169 times among girls since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1996.
- #21,579 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 169 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tenesia ranks #21,579 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 169 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,579 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 169
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tenesia's 169 recorded births place it above 70.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tenesia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tenesia's full recorded timeline at 1981, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tenesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1996
- Peak year (1983)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Tenesia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (85 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Tenesia's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Tenesia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
61 births
- 1980s
1980s
85 births
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 85 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Tenesia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Tenesia: 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 (~24 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, 1972–1996 (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 Tenesia 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.