Tenna
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #11,780
- Peak · girls
- 1902 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 559since 1902
Tenna over time
Rank among girls' names. Tenna 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.
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| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
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| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
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| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
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| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 |
| 1962 | #2,414 | 25 |
| 1961 | #2,036 | 33 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 |
| 1957 | #2,028 | 29 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
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| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
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| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
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| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 |
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| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tenna! It came in at #1,594, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1917, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tenna is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#546 · 1 in 6,035
- Alabama#607 · 1 in 6,872
Best ever in a state: #455 in Tennessee, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #546 | 6 | 1 in 6,035 |
| Alabama | #607 | 5 | 1 in 6,872 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tenna
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1902 at #1,594 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 44,012 girls born in 1902 were named Tenna (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 301,512 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
- 41.1% of all girls named Tenna (230) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,594 (1902) | #1,594 |
| 1910s | 7 | #3,869 (1918) | #3,869 |
| 1920s | 12 | #3,743 (1928) | #4,274 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 34 | #2,828 (1948) | #3,833 |
| 1950s | 140 | #2,028 (1957) | #3,469 |
| 1960s | 230 | #2,036 (1961) | #2,695 |
| 1970s | 65 | #4,300 (1972) | #6,102 |
| 1980s | 52 | #6,810 (1984) | #9,064 |
| 1990s | 13 | #10,193 (1990) | #10,987 |
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.
Tenna in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 61,167 of them was named Tenna, which outranked 73.0% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,004Terrilyn34
- #2,004Trinidad34
- #2,004Velva34
- #2,036Tenna33
- #2,036Alanna33
- #2,036Ami33
- #2,036Belle33
- #2,070Adella32
- #2,070Anitra32
- #2,070Ardith32
Tied with 33 names at #2,036; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.