Girls' name · since 2003
Tenleigh
253 babies named Tenleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,509 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,016 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 253
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
253 babies have been named Tenleigh since 2003, making it today's #16016 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tenleigh has been recorded 253 times among girls since 2003, currently ranked #16016 nationally and more common than 7% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #17,509 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,016 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 253 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tenleigh ranks #17,509 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,016 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 253 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,509 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,016 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 253
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tenleigh's 253 recorded births place it above 75.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Tenleigh compares
253 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tenleigh's all-time total is 33% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tenleigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 253 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tenleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tenleigh splits its recorded history at 2016: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tenleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #16016 among girls.
253 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 36 births in a single year.
Tenleigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (191 births, 75% of the file).
2010s was Tenleigh's strongest decade.
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Tenleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
191 births
- 2020s 44
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 191 births (75% of all-time use).
Tenleigh decade highlights
- Peak decade 191 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Tenleigh by state
Where Tenleigh concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 253 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Tenleigh's data
- Tenleigh's decade-level peak was the 2010s (191 total births); usage has since declined to 44 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Tenleighs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tenleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Tenleigh 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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