Girls' name · since 2000
Teniyah
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 184 babies named Teniyah, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,692 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
184 girls have been named Teniyah since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Teniyah has 184 recorded births among girls since 2000, 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 2000 to 2020.
- #20,692 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 184 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teniyah ranks #20,692 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 184 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,692 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Teniyah's 184 recorded births place it above 71.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teniyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Teniyah splits its recorded history at 2008: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Teniyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2020
- Peak year (2004)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2020.
184 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 18 births in a single year.
Teniyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (125 births, 68% of the file).
2000s was Teniyah's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Teniyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
125 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 125 births (68% of all-time use).
Teniyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 125 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Teniyah's data
- Teniyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (125 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Teniyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
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, 2000–2020 (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 Teniyah 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.
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