Teniesha — girls' name
49 babies named Teniesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Teniesha was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Teniesha in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Teniesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Teniesha between 1982 and 1997, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teniesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Teniesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Teniesha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Teniesha 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 49 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.
Teniesha at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Teniesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1982
- Peak year (1985)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
49 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 9 births in a single year.
Teniesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 26 births that decade — 53% of Teniesha's all-time total
Teniesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Teniesha's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% 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, 1982–1997 (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.