Girls' name · since 2010
Tennley
67 babies named Tennley in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,682 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,365 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 67
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
67 babies have been named Tennley since 2010, making it today's #16365 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tennley has been recorded 67 times among girls since 2010, currently ranked #16365 nationally and more common than 5% 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 2010 to 2025.
- #31,682 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,365 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 67 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tennley ranks #31,682 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,365 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 67 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,682 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,365 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 67
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tennley's 67 recorded births place it above 56.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tennley compares
67 19th 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
Tennley's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tennley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 67 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tennley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tennley's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tennley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Tennley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (47 births, 70% of the file).
2010s was Tennley's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Tennley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 47 births (70% of all-time use).
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- Tennley's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Tennley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2010–2025 (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 Tennley 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.