Girls' name · since 1957
Tenita
Since 1957, U.S. Social Security records show 219 babies named Tenita, peaking in 1978. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 219
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tenita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 219 have been recorded since 1957.
Social Security Administration records show Tenita recorded 219 times among girls since 1957, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 1989.
- #18,905 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 219 born since 1957
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tenita ranks #18,905 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 219 born since 1957, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 219
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tenita's 219 recorded births place it above 73.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tenita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tenita's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tenita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1989
- Peak year (1978)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Tenita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (82 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Tenita's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Tenita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
55 births
- 1970s
1970s
77 births
- 1980s
1980s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 82 births (37% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tenita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1957–1989 (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 Tenita 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.