first name
TENA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,339 people named Tena, 81.2% reported their origin as White, 11.1% as Black and 3.4% as two or more races. 99% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Tena peaked in 1962, when 345 babies got the name.
At least 8,186 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Tena by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #677. The largest share of babies named Tena, 41%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Tena is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tena has been most common in Arkansas (3.6×), Tennessee (3×), and Kentucky (2.9×), and least common in New York (0.17×).
3,848 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Tena
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tena, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Tena ranks #9,258 of 156,621, with 3,376 people. See Tena as a last name
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