Tennie
Last seen for girls in 1988 at #10,386 · Last seen for boys in 1923 at #3,822
Given to girls 99.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 44 births
- Debut · girls
- 26 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,777since 1880
Tennie over time
Rank among girls' names. Tennie has never cracked the top 200 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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| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
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| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,596 | 23 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,416 | 27 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,123 | 39 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,174 | 40 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 37 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,194 | 42 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,069 | 49 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,017 | 57 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,174 | 43 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #978 | 58 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,003 | 56 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,087 | 47 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,075 | 46 | — | |
| 1918 | #843 | 73 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #820 | 70 | — | |
| 1916 | #915 | 55 | — | |
| 1915 | #900 | 53 | — | |
| 1914 | #827 | 50 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #776 | 46 | — | |
| 1912 | #860 | 34 | — | |
| 1911 | #754 | 33 | — | |
| 1910 | #620 | 46 | — | |
| 1909 | #706 | 32 | — | |
| 1908 | #602 | 39 | — | |
| 1907 | #680 | 31 | — | |
| 1906 | #678 | 29 | — | |
| 1905 | #536 | 41 | — | |
| 1904 | #500 | 43 | — | |
| 1903 | #574 | 32 | — | |
| 1902 | #518 | 38 | — | |
| 1901 | #487 | 38 | — | |
| 1900 | #475 | 51 | — | |
| 1899 | #616 | 25 | — | |
| 1898 | #448 | 46 | — | |
| 1897 | #432 | 46 | — | |
| 1896 | #467 | 38 | — | |
| 1895 | #421 | 45 | — | |
| 1894 | #546 | 28 | — | |
| 1893 | #473 | 32 | — | |
| 1892 | #396 | 45 | — | |
| 1891 | #384 | 43 | — | |
| 1890 | #429 | 35 | — | |
| 1889 | #499 | 25 | — | |
| 1888 | #458 | 29 | — | |
| 1887 | #412 | 28 | — | |
| 1886 | #346 | 38 | — | |
| 1885 | #394 | 27 | — | |
| 1884 | #290 | 44 | — | |
| 1883 | #314 | 32 | — | |
| 1882 | #306 | 33 | — | |
| 1881 | #317 | 25 | — | |
| 1880 | #309 | 26 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Tennie was already there! It came in at #309, and was given to 26 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tennie is popular in 1885
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Tennie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
- Biggest jump: 141 spots in 1900 (#616 → #475)
- Biggest drop: 232 spots in 1919 (#843 → #1,075)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #290 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 47 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1880–1918
- Highest: 1 in 2,932 girls born in 1884 were named Tennie (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 296,809 girls born in 1988 (0.00%)
- 18.2% of all girls named Tennie (506) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 307 | #290 (1884) | #365 |
| 1890s | 383 | #384 (1891) | #461 |
| 1900s | 374 | #475 (1900) | #576 |
| 1910s | 506 | #620 (1910) | #839 |
| 1920s | 464 | #978 (1922) | #1,130 |
| 1930s | 257 | #1,123 (1933) | #1,512 |
| 1940s | 175 | #1,549 (1940) | #2,258 |
| 1950s | 127 | #2,810 (1951) | #3,254 |
| 1960s | 104 | #2,989 (1960) | #4,466 |
| 1970s | 48 | #5,959 (1972) | #7,350 |
| 1980s | 32 | #8,128 (1981) | #9,000 |
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.
Tennie in 1885
Top girls' names in 1885
More about 1885
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133,055 girls got a published name in 1885; 1 in 4,928 of them was named Tennie, which outranked 67.1% of the 1,197 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).