Girls' name · since 1983
Ternesha
Ternesha has 12 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #52,394 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ternesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 12 have been recorded since 1983.
Ternesha has 12 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1999.
- #52,394 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ternesha ranks #52,394 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #52,394 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ternesha's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ternesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ternesha's full recorded timeline at 1999, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ternesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1999
- Peak year (1983)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Ternesha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Ternesha's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Ternesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Ternesha's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ternesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1983–1999 (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 Ternesha 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.