Teniola — #16099 US unisex name
184 babies named Teniola in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to girls today.
53% of everyone ever named Teniola was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Teniola in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Teniola
The Social Security Administration has registered 184 babies named Teniola between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teniola currently holds the #16099 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Teniola is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2011.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Teniola performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Teniola shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Teniola in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Teniola 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 184 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.
Teniola at a glance
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Current rank
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Teniola popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2013)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #16099 among girls.
184 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 15 births in a single year.
Teniola popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 2011 (Teniola as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Teniola accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Teniola by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 97 births that decade — 53% of Teniola's all-time total
Teniola decade highlights
- Peak decade 97 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Teniola's strongest decade
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Teniola by state
Where Teniola concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maryland | | 6 | 3.3% |
6 of 184 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maryland 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maryland accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1997–2024 (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.