Tenley

Where Tenley comes from

From Tineley in Northumberland or Teenley in West Yorkshire.
— Wiktionary's entry for Tenley
  • Vowel-ended
Tenley through the years
  1. 1935
    Tenley Albright born
    American figure skater and surgeon
  2. 1953
    First appearance
    #3,269 among girls with 12 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2010
    Around this time: Tenley Molzahn on The Bachelor
    TV, 2010 · Source · Date
  4. 2011
    Peak, #424
    736 babies named Tenley, the most in any year.
  5. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #754.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Tenley Albright · American figure skater and surgeon, born 1935

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.