Tenika
Tenika is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 950th, in 1982.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1982157 births
- Best rank
- #950in 1982
- Since 1971
- 1,029people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,029 girls have been named Tenika in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 157 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 157 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 56%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1982, its biggest year
Tenika was the 950th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Tenika
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shemikapeak 1980
- Shemekapeak 1982
- Shamekapeak 1980
- Latoyiapeak 1981
- Brandicepeak 1981
- Latoyapeak 1984
- Latashapeak 1981
- 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.