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
- Peak · girls
- 2011 · 736 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,854since 1953
Tenley over time
Rank among girls' names. Tenley has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,458 | 72 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,118 | 90 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,750 | 117 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,350 | 173 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,249 | 188 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,054 | 237 | — | |
| 2019 | #947 | 279 | — | |
| 2018 | #754 | 361 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #746 | 376 | — | |
| 2016 | #549 | 569 | — | |
| 2015 | #670 | 427 | — | |
| 2014 | #626 | 458 | — | |
| 2013 | #563 | 517 | — | |
| 2012 | #520 | 583 | — | |
| 2011 | #424 | 736 | — | |
| 2010 | #459 | 672 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,892 | 60 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,718 | 67 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,168 | 54 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,940 | 58 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,827 | 58 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,589 | 64 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,187 | 79 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,605 | 59 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
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| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | — | |
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| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
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| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,741 | 20 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
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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 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#141 · 1 in 426
- Kansas#243 · 1 in 861
- Utah#321 · 1 in 1,283
- Wisconsin#331 · 1 in 1,391
- Minnesota#348 · 1 in 1,382
Best ever in a state: #57 in South Dakota, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #141 | 7 | 1 in 426 |
| Kansas | #243 | 14 | 1 in 861 |
| Utah | #321 | 13 | 1 in 1,283 |
| Wisconsin | #331 | 16 | 1 in 1,391 |
| Minnesota | #348 | 17 | 1 in 1,382 |
| Nebraska | #416 | 5 | 1 in 1,499 |
| Oregon | #428 | 8 | 1 in 1,750 |
| Pennsylvania | #431 | 26 | 1 in 1,935 |
| Alabama | #510 | 9 | 1 in 2,079 |
| Colorado | #511 | 10 | 1 in 2,227 |
| Maryland | #630 | 8 | 1 in 2,919 |
| Virginia | #708 | 10 | 1 in 3,595 |
| Oklahoma | #728 | 5 | 1 in 3,130 |
| Kentucky | #742 | 5 | 1 in 3,548 |
| Indiana | #754 | 8 | 1 in 3,715 |
| Ohio | #769 | 12 | 1 in 4,252 |
| Michigan | #780 | 10 | 1 in 4,024 |
| Illinois | #824 | 12 | 1 in 4,461 |
| Massachusetts | #831 | 5 | 1 in 4,922 |
| Missouri | #833 | 6 | 1 in 4,416 |
| Texas | #886 | 32 | 1 in 4,966 |
| North Carolina | #906 | 9 | 1 in 5,001 |
| New Jersey | #925 | 7 | 1 in 5,132 |
| Washington | #947 | 6 | 1 in 5,068 |
| Florida | #953 | 15 | 1 in 5,672 |
| Tennessee | #971 | 6 | 1 in 5,196 |
| Georgia | #1,165 | 7 | 1 in 6,608 |
| California | #1,235 | 22 | 1 in 8,612 |
| New York | #1,336 | 10 | 1 in 8,669 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 2011 at #424 (736 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2010–2019
- 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%)
- 72.6% of all girls named Tenley (4,978) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 91 | #2,194 (1956) | #3,554 |
| 1960s | 93 | #2,741 (1962) | #4,148 |
| 1970s | 60 | #4,793 (1972) | #6,559 |
| 1980s | 117 | #3,318 (1980) | #6,440 |
| 1990s | 117 | #5,955 (1993) | #7,488 |
| 2000s | 521 | #2,187 (2003) | #3,952 |
| 2010s | 4,978 | #424 (2011) | #626 |
| 2020s | 877 | #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 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 4,712 of them was named Tenley, which outranked 95.8% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 363,232 of them was named Tenley, which outranked 13.9% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,962 names at #12,156; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.