How rare is the name Tenley?

5,696 people in the United States have the first name Tenley, about 1 in 53,025. It ranks #3,594 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TENLEY

#3,594

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,696
About
1 in 53,025
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,696 people named Tenley, 90.6% reported their origin as White, 3.8% as two or more races and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tenley peaked in 2011, when 736 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
736
In 2025*
72 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,859 babies have been given the name since 1953. 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.

Tenley by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,152. The largest share of babies named Tenley, 56.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#6,12791
1960s#6,75693
1970s#10,96960
1980s#9,060117
1990s#11,704117
2000s#5,241521
2010s#1,1524,983
2020s#2,741877
Baby boom 1946–642.3%
Generation X 1965–801.6%
Millennials 1981–962.6%
Generation Z 1997–1237.1%
2013 and later56.4%

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 Tenley is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tenley has been most common in South Dakota (5.2×), North Dakota (4.7×), and Utah (3.5×), and least common in New York (0.27×).

5,241 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 Tenley

#3,591 Marilee · 5,704#3,593 Jessa · 5,700#3,595 Jeniffer · 5,690#3,595 Rami · 5,690

Also a last name

As a last name, Tenley ranks #66,171 of 156,621, with 323 people. See Tenley as a last name

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