Girls' name · since 1974
Tenishia
Tenishia has 137 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,747 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
137 girls have been named Tenishia since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tenishia has been recorded 137 times among girls since 1974, 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 1974 to 1994.
- #23,747 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 137 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tenishia ranks #23,747 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 137 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,747 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tenishia's 137 recorded births place it above 67.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tenishia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tenishia's full recorded timeline at 1983, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tenishia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1994
- Peak year (1984)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Tenishia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (80 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Tenishia's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Tenishia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 29
1970s
29 births
- 1980s
1980s
80 births
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 80 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Tenishia's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (80 total births) through the 1990s (28) -- 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 Tenishia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1974–1994 (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 Tenishia 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.