Tinesha — girls' name
762 babies named Tinesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Tinesha was born in this single decade.
42 babies were named Tinesha in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tinesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 762 babies named Tinesha between 1969 and 2003, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tinesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 42 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tinesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 341 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tinesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Tinesha in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tinesha 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 762 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.
Tinesha at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tinesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1969
- Peak year (1982)
- 42
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
762 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 42 births in a single year.
Tinesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 341 births that decade — 45% of Tinesha's all-time total
Tinesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 341 births
- Runner-up 216 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tinesha's strongest decade
341 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Tinesha by state
Where Tinesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 18 | 2.4% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 14 | 1.8% |
| #3 | California | | 12 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.7% |
18 of 762 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.8% of nationwide
- California 1.6% of nationwide
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
- Texas 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.4% 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, 1969–2003 (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.