Tennie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tennie

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,777 babies named Tennie between 1880 and 1988, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tennie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 73 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tennie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 506 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Tennie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 267 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tennie in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tennie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,777 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.