Tena

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births

Peak · girls
1883 · 32 births
Debut · girls
19 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,186
since 1880

Tena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tena has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #314, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024—
2023#9,61610
2022#9,68010
2021#8,97811
2020#10,2509
2019#10,4739
2018#8,61712
2017#12,7137
2016#14,3316
2015—
2014—
2013—
2012#9,10912
2011#16,7645
2010#11,2469
2009#15,2426
2008#12,5798
2007#12,6768
2006#15,1526
2005#11,8348
2004#16,0995
2003—
2002#15,4325
2001#7,72413
2000#9,8749
1999#6,83614
1998#8,58410
1997#7,28312
1996#5,77116
1995#5,95815
1994#8,12210
1993#8,05210
1992#6,65213
1991#5,94915
1990#5,83515
1989#4,24822
1988#4,84017
1987#4,12220
1986#3,05430
1985#3,17028
1984#3,14427
1983#3,06527
1982#2,64535
1981#1,98553
1980#2,39140
1979#1,59671
1978#2,05046
1977#1,87753
1976#1,46471
1975#1,35079
1974#1,151100
1973#1,12799
1972#988121
1971#863156
1970#903146
1969#810162
1968#690197
1967#671205
1966#686202
1965#644232
1964#670232
1963#612270
1962#525345
1961#553319
1960#543318
1959#580289
1958#616257
1957#604262
1956#575267
1955#672194
1954#1,02092
1953#1,00192
1952#1,03982
1951#1,23956
1950#1,14565
1949#1,14463
1948#1,23854
1947#1,30249
1946#1,16554
1945#1,24941
1944#1,02958
1943#99663
1942#1,59227
1941#1,75021
1940#1,44228
1939#1,58523
1938#1,54724
1937#2,19614
1936#2,15314
1935#1,72020
1934#1,83418
1933#1,90617
1932#1,63422
1931#1,31431
1930#1,43429
1929#1,41929
1928#1,54127
1927#1,82822
1926#1,16643
1925#1,74824
1924#1,12348
1923#1,23140
1922#1,14445
1921#1,29836
1920#1,06249
1919#1,09045
1918#98953
1917#84965
1916#97949
1915#83960
1914#87844
1913#70854
1912#77042
1911#80129
1910#89623
1909#73130
1908#66933
1907#84020
1906#57038
1905#63231
1904#57634
1903#64027
1902#64826
1901#53832
1900#48149
1899#49036
1898#44846
1897#53730
1896#46738
1895#42145
1894#45038
1893#43339
1892#38149
1891#44033
1890#41237
1889#40536
1888#38739
1887#35437
1886#40029
1885#40526
1884#33734
1883#31432
1882#35225
1881#38419
1880#37519
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Tena was already there! It came in at #375, and was given to 19 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2002–2004, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tena is popular in 1893

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Tena
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4,692 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 596 spots in 1943 (#1,592 → #996)
  • Biggest drop: 270 spots in 1907 (#570 → #840)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #314 (32 births)
  • Births halved by 1936, 53 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1880–1918
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,510
  • Highest: 1 in 3,510 girls born in 1883 were named Tena (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 30.3% of all girls named Tena (2,482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s296#314 (1883)#371
1890s391#381 (1892)#448
1900s320#481 (1900)#633
1910s464#708 (1913)#880
1920s363#1,062 (1920)#1,356
1930s212#1,314 (1931)#1,732
1940s458#996 (1943)#1,291
1950s1,656#575 (1956)#849
1960s2,482#525 (1962)#640
1970s942#863 (1971)#1,337
1980s299#1,985 (1981)#3,266
1990s130#5,771 (1996)#6,904
2000s68#7,724 (2001)#12,957
2010s60#8,617 (2018)#11,893
2020s45#8,978 (2021)#10,693

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tena in 1893

girls
#433
39 births · 1 in 5,459 girls

Top girls' names in 1893

  1. #1Mary12,784
  2. #2Anna5,695
  3. #3Ruth3,658
  4. #4Margaret3,565
  5. #5Elizabeth3,360
  6. #6Helen3,249
  7. #7Florence3,231
  8. #8Ethel3,119
  9. #9Emma2,968
  10. #10Bertha2,623
  11. #433Tena39
More about 1893

girls

212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 5,459 of them was named Tena, which outranked 73.8% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tena
  1. #430Malinda40
  2. #430Ocie40
  3. #430Verda40
  4. #433Tena39
  5. #433Carmen39
  6. #433Connie39
  7. #436Agatha38
  8. #436Cordie38
  9. #436Ione38

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. ↑ 737Annabell#1,450 → #713
  2. ↑ 656Helma#1,450 → #794
  3. ↑ 634Claribel#1,278 → #644
  4. ↑ 624Jemima#1,450 → #826
  5. ↑ 616Buena#1,278 → #662
Fallers
  1. ↓ 641Ernest#796 → #1,437
  2. ↓ 576Orah#861 → #1,437
  3. ↓ 576Willia#861 → #1,437
  4. ↓ 551Jennette#726 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 515Velva#762 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1893 →