Tenesha
Tenesha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 198497 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1967
- 1,438people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,438 girls have been named Tenesha in the United States since 1967, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1984, with 97 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 97 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 49%.
By decade
In 1984, its biggest year
Tenesha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1984 were Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1984.
Names that rose and fell with Tenesha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Laquandapeak 1977
- Tenishapeak 1983
- Natoshapeak 1986
- Tinishapeak 1980
- Shanitapeak 1978
- Megganpeak 1985
- Shauntepeak 1978
- Shenikapeak 1982
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.