Tenesia — girls' name
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.
50% of everyone ever named Tenesia was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Tenesia in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tenesia
The Social Security Administration has registered 169 babies named Tenesia between 1972 and 1996, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tenesia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tenesia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tenesia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tenesia 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 169 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.
Tenesia at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tenesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1972
- Peak year (1983)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
169 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 17 births in a single year.
Tenesia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 85 births that decade — 50% of Tenesia's all-time total
Tenesia decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tenesia's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1972–1996 (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.