Girls' name · since 1982
Teniesha
Teniesha has 49 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Teniesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 49 have been recorded since 1982.
Teniesha has 49 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1997.
- #35,342 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 49 born since 1982
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teniesha ranks #35,342 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 1982, peaking in the 1980s.
- #35,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Teniesha's 49 recorded births place it above 51.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teniesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Teniesha's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Teniesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1997
- Peak year (1985)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Teniesha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (26 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Teniesha's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Teniesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 26 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Teniesha's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 1990s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Teniesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1982–1997 (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 Teniesha 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.