Tensley — #14592 US girls' name
286 babies named Tensley in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 17% of names given to girls today.
78% of everyone ever named Tensley was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Tensley in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tensley
The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Tensley between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tensley currently holds the #14592 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tensley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 223 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tensley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tensley in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tensley 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 286 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.
Tensley at a glance
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Current rank
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Tensley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2011)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #14592 among girls.
286 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 34 births in a single year.
Tensley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 223 births that decade — 78% of Tensley's all-time total
Tensley decade highlights
- Peak decade 223 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Tensley's strongest decade
223 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% of all-time use.
Tensley by state
Where Tensley concentrates geographically — total births since 2010
Top 5 states
- Florida 2.1% of nationwide
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2010–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.