How Many People Are Named Tenesha?
people named Tenesha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 246,598 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,438 babies named Tenesha in Social Security records from 1967 to 2001, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
97 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Tenesha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tenesha alive today is about 41 years old, and 95% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 36 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tenesha first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 1984, to 97 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2001.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2001
🏆 Rank History
Tenesha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,294, in 1984.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,294 (1984) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,688 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tenesha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tenesha were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 95 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tenesha was given 4.5 times as often in Illinois and 1.3 times in California.
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