Tenika
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 157 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,029since 1971
Tenika over time
Rank among girls' names. Tenika has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
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| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 |
| 1990 | #3,022 | 37 |
| 1989 | #2,769 | 40 |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 |
| 1987 | #2,657 | 37 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 |
| 1985 | #2,317 | 43 |
| 1984 | #1,945 | 53 |
| 1983 | #1,485 | 77 |
| 1982 | #947 | 157 |
| 1981 | #2,028 | 51 |
| 1980 | #1,863 | 58 |
| 1979 | #1,832 | 58 |
| 1978 | #1,862 | 53 |
| 1977 | #1,857 | 54 |
| 1976 | #1,912 | 47 |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 |
| 1973 | #2,689 | 26 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tenika! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1997–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tenika is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#348 · 1 in 2,180
- South Carolina#349 · 1 in 2,236
- North Carolina#382 · 1 in 2,850
- Maryland#423 · 1 in 3,184
- Virginia#459 · 1 in 3,850
Best ever in a state: #348 in Georgia, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #348 | 16 | 1 in 2,180 |
| South Carolina | #349 | 8 | 1 in 2,236 |
| North Carolina | #382 | 12 | 1 in 2,850 |
| Maryland | #423 | 7 | 1 in 3,184 |
| Virginia | #459 | 8 | 1 in 3,850 |
| Missouri | #505 | 7 | 1 in 4,598 |
| Alabama | #562 | 5 | 1 in 4,373 |
| Illinois | #566 | 16 | 1 in 4,652 |
| Tennessee | #597 | 5 | 1 in 5,612 |
| Florida | #663 | 10 | 1 in 5,670 |
| Ohio | #914 | 6 | 1 in 11,912 |
| California | #1,506 | 10 | 1 in 18,574 |
| New York | #1,620 | 5 | 1 in 20,549 |
| Texas | #1,623 | 6 | 1 in 21,654 |
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See more about Tenika
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Biggest jump: 1,081 spots in 1982 (#2,028 → #947)
- Biggest drop: 538 spots in 1983 (#947 → #1,485)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1982 at #947 (157 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1982
- Highest: 1 in 10,786 girls born in 1982 were named Tenika (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,390 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 56.3% of all girls named Tenika (579) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 316 | #1,832 (1979) | #3,182 |
| 1980s | 579 | #947 (1982) | #2,215 |
| 1990s | 134 | #3,022 (1990) | #7,131 |
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.
Tenika in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 10,786 of them was named Tenika, which outranked 92.3% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).