Tennille — #12419 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Tennille

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,179 babies named Tennille between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tennille currently holds the #12419 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 769 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tennille performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,551 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tennille shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 154 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Tennille in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tennille 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 2,179 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.