Girls' name · since 1981
Teniya
Since 1981, U.S. Social Security records show 231 babies named Teniya, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,384 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 231
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Teniya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 231 recorded since 1981.
Teniya has 231 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2022.
- #18,384 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 231 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teniya ranks #18,384 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 231 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,384 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 231
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Teniya's 231 recorded births place it above 74.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teniya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Teniya's full recorded timeline at 2005, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Teniya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2022
- Peak year (2001)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Teniya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (150 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Teniya's strongest decade.
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Teniya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 34
1990s
34 births
- 2000s
2000s
150 births
- 2010s 35
2010s
35 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 150 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Teniya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (150 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Teniya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1981–2022 (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 Teniya 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.