Tenisha
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 221 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,501since 1968
Tenisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Tenisha has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 |
| 1998 | #3,353 | 36 |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 |
| 1995 | #1,880 | 74 |
| 1994 | #1,557 | 99 |
| 1993 | #1,507 | 104 |
| 1992 | #1,377 | 120 |
| 1991 | #1,277 | 131 |
| 1990 | #1,214 | 139 |
| 1989 | #1,137 | 145 |
| 1988 | #1,118 | 137 |
| 1987 | #935 | 175 |
| 1986 | #1,021 | 149 |
| 1985 | #1,014 | 149 |
| 1984 | #890 | 168 |
| 1983 | #738 | 221 |
| 1982 | #865 | 178 |
| 1981 | #858 | 181 |
| 1980 | #919 | 163 |
| 1979 | #869 | 178 |
| 1978 | #898 | 160 |
| 1977 | #959 | 144 |
| 1976 | #1,066 | 115 |
| 1975 | #1,278 | 87 |
| 1974 | #1,323 | 80 |
| 1973 | #1,755 | 50 |
| 1972 | #1,749 | 50 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tenisha! It came in at #4,779, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2010–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tenisha is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#1,082 · 1 in 12,461
- Illinois#1,147 · 1 in 14,919
Best ever in a state: #335 in Mississippi, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #1,082 | 11 | 1 in 12,461 |
| Illinois | #1,147 | 5 | 1 in 14,919 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tenisha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Biggest jump: 127 spots in 1983 (#865 → #738)
- Biggest drop: 183 spots in 1988 (#935 → #1,118)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1983 at #738 (221 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1977–1984
- Highest: 1 in 7,559 girls born in 1983 were named Tenisha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 350,949 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
- 47.6% of all girls named Tenisha (1,666) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15 | #4,779 (1968) | #5,698 |
| 1970s | 907 | #869 (1979) | #1,608 |
| 1980s | 1,666 | #738 (1983) | #950 |
| 1990s | 796 | #1,214 (1990) | #2,425 |
| 2000s | 107 | #5,570 (2001) | #10,966 |
| 2010s | 10 | #16,547 (2013) | #16,770 |
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.
Tenisha in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 30,425 of them was named Tenisha, which outranked 81.9% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,724Shanell51
- #1,724Stephannie51
- #1,724Tari51
- #1,749Tenisha50
- #1,749Brandon50
- #1,749Corine50
- #1,749Elida50
- #1,771Ariana49
- #1,771Bernadine49
- #1,771Chad49
Tied with 21 names at #1,749; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.