Tenicia — girls' name
139 babies named Tenicia in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Tenicia was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Tenicia in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tenicia
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Tenicia between 1971 and 1993, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tenicia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tenicia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tenicia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tenicia 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 139 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.
Tenicia at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tenicia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1971
- Peak year (1980)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
139 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 13 births in a single year.
Tenicia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 65 births that decade — 47% of Tenicia's all-time total
Tenicia decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tenicia's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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, 1971–1993 (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.