Boys' name · since 2000
Tenoch
Tenoch has 273 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,178 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,012 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 273
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
273 babies have been named Tenoch since 2000, making it today's #8012 boys' name.
Tenoch has 273 recorded births among boys since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8012 as of the latest data, more common than 42% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #11,178 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,012 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 273 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tenoch ranks #11,178 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,012 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 273 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,178 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,012 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 273
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tenoch's 273 recorded births place it above 75.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Tenoch compares
273 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Tenoch's all-time total is 26% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tenoch | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 273 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tenoch's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tenoch's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tenoch popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Tenoch by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (127 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Tenoch's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Tenoch births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
127 births
- 2010s
2010s
72 births
- 2020s
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 127 births (47% of all-time use).
Tenoch by state
Where Tenoch concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 47 | 17.2% |
47 of 273 births nationwide.
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What to do with Tenoch's data
- Tenoch's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (127 total births) through the 2020s (74) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Tenochs (47 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Tenoch: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Tenoch 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.