Girls' name · since 1975
Tennille
2,184 babies named Tennille in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,347 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,184
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tennille currently ranks #15347 among girls' names in America, with 2,184 babies recorded since 1975.
Tennille has 2,184 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15347 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #4,444 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,347 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,184 born since 1975
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tennille ranks #4,444 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,347 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,184 born since 1975, peaking in the 1970s.
- #4,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,347 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,184
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tennille's 2,184 recorded births place it above 93.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Tennille compares
2,184 Top 22% higher than 78% of 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
Tennille's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tennille | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,184 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 769 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tennille's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tennille's full recorded timeline at 1993, 6% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 94% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1976 peak of 769 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tennille popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1976)
- 769
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Tennille popularity over time - boys
15 total births recorded since 1976 (Tennille as boys' name)
Tennille by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (1,551 births, 71% of the file).
1970s was Tennille's strongest decade.
1,551 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Tennille births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
1,551 births
- 1980s 479
1980s
479 births
- 1990s 70
1990s
70 births
- 2000s 60
2000s
60 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 1,551 births (71% of all-time use).
How Tennille compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tennille's total volume
Tennille by state
Where Tennille concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 154 | 7.1% |
| #2 | California | | 141 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 129 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 90 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 84 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 73 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Texas | | 68 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Florida | | 66 | 3.0% |
154 of 2,184 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Tennille appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tennille's data
- Tennille's decade-level peak was the 1970s (1,551 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Tennilles (154 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Tennille: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Tennille 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.