Girls' name · since 1982
Tenisa
Since 1982, U.S. Social Security records show 19 babies named Tenisa, peaking in 1983. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #46,683 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tenisa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 19 recorded since 1982.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tenisa has been recorded 19 times among girls since 1982, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1985.
- #46,683 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19 born since 1982
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tenisa ranks #46,683 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1982, peaking in the 1980s.
- #46,683 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tenisa's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tenisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tenisa's full recorded timeline at 1983, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tenisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1985
- Peak year (1983)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Tenisa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (19 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Tenisa's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Tenisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 19 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tenisa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~3 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, 1982–1985 (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 Tenisa 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.