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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tenisha

Tenisha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 744th with 221 babies. More babies were named Tenisha in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1983221 babies
Total since 1880
3,501babies recorded

Tenisha popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#19,5895
2000#5,92219
1990#1,218139
1980#920163
1970#3,42819
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Tenisha, counting every spelling?

Tenisha has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Tenisha?

About 3,400 people born in the US named Tenisha are alive today, with a median age of 42; half are between 36 and 47. That makes Tenisha mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Tenisha by state

How common Tenisha was among girls born in each state in 1981–1985, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in South Carolina (3.1×), Alabama (2.5×), Illinois (2.4×), North Carolina (2.0×), Michigan (1.9×). In 29 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesWI0.03Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesIL0.25Michigan: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesMI0.20New York: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesNY0.10Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesIN0.09Ohio: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesOH0.13Pennsylvania: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesPA0.06New Jersey: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.07Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesCA0.09Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMO0.07Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesVA0.16Maryland: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMD0.09Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesTN0.12North Carolina: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesNC0.21South Carolina: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesSC0.33District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOK0.05Louisiana: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesLA0.14Mississippi: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesMS0.25Alabama: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesAL0.26Georgia: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesGA0.17Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesTX0.09Florida: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesFL0.12
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tenisha, girls, 1981–1985. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Tenisha

How popular is the name Tenisha?

Tenisha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 744th with 221 babies. More babies were named Tenisha in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Tenisha a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 3,501 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Tenisha most popular?

In 1981–1985, Tenisha was most common in South Carolina (0.33 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Illinois.