Teneka
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #7,604
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 61 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 509since 1969
Teneka over time
Rank among girls' names. Teneka has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 |
| 1980 | #2,603 | 36 |
| 1979 | #2,477 | 37 |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 |
| 1977 | #1,701 | 61 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
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| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Teneka! It came in at #6,617, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Teneka
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1977 at #1,701 (61 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,134 girls born in 1977 were named Teneka (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 162,341 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
- 47.0% of all girls named Teneka (239) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #6,617 (1969) | #6,617 |
| 1970s | 239 | #1,701 (1977) | #3,440 |
| 1980s | 214 | #2,603 (1980) | #4,772 |
| 1990s | 50 | #6,976 (1991) | #8,540 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Teneka in 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 281,169 of them was named Teneka, which outranked 24.0% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,974Yonna7
- #5,974Yvonnie7
- #5,974Zuleika7
- #6,617Teneka6
- #6,617Abagail6
- #6,617Acquanetta6
- #6,617Adaline6
- #7,471Adana5
- #7,471Adine5
- #7,471Adreana5
Tied with 853 names at #6,617; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.