How Many People Are Named Tenisha?

3,380

people named Tenisha are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 101,119 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,501 babies named Tenisha in Social Security records from 1968 to 2013, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,771

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,682

See the top 100

Peak Year

1983

221 births

Trend

2013

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Tenisha in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Tenisha alive today is about 40 years old, and 93% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 46 in 2025.

Under 30 243
7.2%
30 to 59 3,138
92.8%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Tenisha first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 1983, to 221 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2013.

Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2013

🏆 Rank History

Tenisha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #744, in 1983.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#744 (1983)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#956 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Tenisha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Tenisha were born in California than in any other state: about 297 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tenisha was given 2.7 times as often in Illinois, 2.6 times in North Carolina and 2.2 times in Michigan.

California 297
Illinois 292
New York 240
Michigan 189
Texas 161
North Carolina 136
Ohio 128
Florida 121
Georgia 104
Louisiana 72
Virginia 67
Tennessee 60
Pennsylvania 58
South Carolina 55
Alabama 45
Mississippi 39
Indiana 27
Missouri 26
Maryland 19
New Jersey 18
Washington 10
Minnesota 5
Oklahoma 5
Kentucky 5
New Mexico 5
Colorado 5
Wisconsin 5

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