Tenesha

Girl · recorded 1967–2001

  • 2001last recorded
  • 1984best year

Most popular in 1984.

Last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Tenesha.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1967

0295819671976198419932001

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 34 recorded years as a table
Tenesha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19674
19693
19707
19713
197216
197320
197424
197533
197634
197744
197842
197940
198042
198141
198249
198342
198458
198535
198637
198737
198838
198935
199031
199125
199222
199317
199420
199518
199610
199710
19987
19996
20006
20016

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tenesha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2001
10
Rank in 2001
#9,351
How rare
1 in 180,062 girls
Since 1967
1,438

Tenesha was last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1984, at 58 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Tenesha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.