Tennille
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1977 at #4,582
Given to girls 99.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 769 births
- Debut · girls
- 103 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,184since 1975
Tennille over time
Rank among girls' names. Tennille has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
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| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | — | |
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| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | — | |
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| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
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| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
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| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,170 | 28 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,135 | 46 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,641 | 70 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,406 | 87 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,026 | 140 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,169 | 113 | — | |
| 1978 | #981 | 141 | — | |
| 1977 | #462 | 425 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #300 | 769 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #1,127 | 103 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tennille! It came in at #1,127, and was given to 103 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1992, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tennille is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#446 · 1 in 3,214
- Missouri#581 · 1 in 5,382
- Louisiana#614 · 1 in 4,180
- Michigan#793 · 1 in 8,512
- Pennsylvania#995 · 1 in 13,682
Best ever in a state: #145 in South Dakota, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #446 | 5 | 1 in 3,214 |
| Missouri | #581 | 6 | 1 in 5,382 |
| Louisiana | #614 | 7 | 1 in 4,180 |
| Michigan | #793 | 7 | 1 in 8,512 |
| Pennsylvania | #995 | 5 | 1 in 13,682 |
| Florida | #999 | 5 | 1 in 9,375 |
| Ohio | #1,057 | 5 | 1 in 14,418 |
| Illinois | #1,154 | 6 | 1 in 12,449 |
| New York | #1,169 | 8 | 1 in 12,365 |
| California | #1,801 | 7 | 1 in 23,333 |
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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 Tennille
- 2,781 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #14,942)
- Biggest jump: 827 spots in 1976 (#1,127 → #300)
- Biggest drop: 519 spots in 1978 (#462 → #981)
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1976 at #300 (769 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1976–1978
- Highest: 1 in 1,905 girls born in 1976 were named Tennille (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 71.0% of all girls named Tennille (1,551) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,551 | #300 (1976) | #808 |
| 1980s | 479 | #1,026 (1980) | #3,129 |
| 1990s | 70 | #8,132 (1996) | #9,141 |
| 2000s | 60 | #7,828 (2004) | #12,333 |
| 2010s | 12 | #13,483 (2012) | #15,124 |
| 2020s | 12 | #12,161 (2024) | #13,552 |
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.
Tennille in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
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1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 14,206 of them was named Tennille, which outranked 90.2% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,161Somer114
- #1,161Temeka114
- #1,161Thea114
- #1,169Tennille113
- #1,169Coleen113
- #1,169Kenyetta113
- #1,169Lolita113
- #1,178Corinna112
- #1,178Geraldine112
- #1,178Hazel112
Tied with 8 names at #1,169; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.