Tenley

#2,458 for girls in 2025, 72 births · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #12,156
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
#424
2011 · 736 births
Debut · girls
1953
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,854
since 1953

Tenley over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tenley has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004peak #424, 2011girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#2,45872—
2024#2,11890—
2023#1,750117—
2022#1,350173—
2021#1,249188—
2020#1,054237—
2019#947279—
2018#754361#12,1565
2017#746376—
2016#549569—
2015#670427—
2014#626458—
2013#563517—
2012#520583—
2011#424736—
2010#459672—
2009#2,89260—
2008#2,71867—
2007#3,16854—
2006#2,94058—
2005#2,82758—
2004#2,58964—
2003#2,18779—
2002#2,60559—
2001#7,72413—
2000#9,8749—
1999#7,23913—
1998#8,58410—
1997#9,0179—
1996#6,06415—
1995#7,51411—
1994#6,31914—
1993#5,95515—
1992#7,51211—
1991#7,43011—
1990#9,2478—
1989#7,44910—
1988#5,89513—
1987#5,61313—
1986#7,7498—
1985#8,3187—
1984#9,1446—
1983#5,82411—
1982#5,20913—
1981#5,88511—
1980#3,31825—
1979#9,0106—
1978#5,56311—
1977#6,3409—
1976#5,60110—
1975#7,1737—
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1973#7,4356—
1972#4,79311—
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1969#6,6176—
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1966#6,5645—
1965#3,73312—
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1962#2,74120—
1961#2,83919—
1960#2,90418—
1959#4,03110—
1958#2,97216—
1957#3,69611—
1956#2,19425—
1955#3,57111—
1954#5,1486—
1953#3,26912—
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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five girls were named Tenley! It came in at #3,269, and was given to 12 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1964, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tenley is popular in 2004

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedINOhio: #1,325 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,504 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedHITexas: #2,087 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 19,910 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Tenley, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Ohio#1,325 · 1 in 11,504
  2. Texas#2,087 · 1 in 19,910

Best ever in a state: #57 in South Dakota, 2010.

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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 Tenley
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 340 spots since 2024 (#2,118 → #2,458)
  • 1,404 spots since 2020 (#1,054 → #2,458)
  • 1,788 spots since 2015 (#670 → #2,458)
  • Biggest jump: 2,433 spots in 2010 (#2,892 → #459)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 2017 (#549 → #746)
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 2011 at #424 (736 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2010–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,390
  • Highest: 1 in 2,390 girls born in 2011 were named Tenley (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,323 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 72.6% of all girls named Tenley (4,978) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s91#2,194 (1956)#3,554
1960s93#2,741 (1962)#4,148
1970s60#4,793 (1972)#6,559
1980s117#3,318 (1980)#6,440
1990s117#5,955 (1993)#7,488
2000s521#2,187 (2003)#3,952
2010s4,978#424 (2011)#626
2020s877#1,054 (2020)#1,663

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.

Tenley in 2004

girls
#2,589
64 births · 1 in 28,691 girls

Top girls' names in 2004

  1. #1Emily25,042
  2. #2Emma21,625
  3. #3Madison20,628
  4. #4Olivia16,108
  5. #5Hannah15,614
  6. #6Abigail15,436
  7. #7Isabella15,021
  8. #8Ashley14,377
  9. #9Samantha13,786
  10. #10Elizabeth13,577
  11. #2,589Tenley64
More about 2004

girls

1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 28,691 of them was named Tenley, which outranked 86.3% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tenley
  1. #2,556Talya65
  2. #2,556Toby65
  3. #2,556Veda65
  4. #2,589Tenley64
  5. #2,589Afton64
  6. #2,589Alix64
  7. #2,589Ambria64
  8. #2,620Adara63
  9. #2,620Aislynn63
  10. #2,620Alba63

Tied with 30 names at #2,589; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. ↑ 948Rubi#1,561 → #613
  2. ↑ 607Kaydence#984 → #377
  3. ↑ 548Marin#1,383 → #835
  4. ↑ 543Diya#1,416 → #873
  5. ↑ 479Kadence#869 → #390
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,607Arly#949 → #2,556
  2. ↓ 433Shakira#747 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 414Anais#990 → #1,404
  4. ↓ 365Lisbeth#742 → #1,107
  5. ↓ 274Reanna#990 → #1,264

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

See the top 100 for 2004 →