Tenley Girl
How popular is Tenley?
#2,458 girl name in 2025
72 baby girls were named Tenley in the US in 2025, making it the 2458th most popular girl name.
Tenley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,458 for girls (▼ 340 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 72 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-83% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #670 in 2015, #1,054 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (736 girls) |
| Highest rank | #424 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1953 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Tenley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tenley family of names ranked #1,773 for girls in 2025 (#1,630 the year before), with 82 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tenley | 72 | 88% |
| Tenleigh | 5 | 6% |
| Tennley | 5 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Tenley is most popular
Babies named Tenley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Dakota: 0.4 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.3 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.3 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Iowa: 0.3 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (19 girls)
Tenley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 91 | #2,193 |
| 1960s | 93 | #2,740 |
| 1970s | 60 | #4,792 |
| 1980s | 117 | #3,318 |
| 1990s | 117 | #5,949 |
| 2000s | 521 | #2,184 |
| 2010s | 4,978 | #424 |
| 2020s | 877 | #1,054 |
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Questions
- Is Tenley a boy or girl name?
- Tenley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Tenley were girls.
- How popular is the name Tenley?
- 72 baby girls were named Tenley in the US in 2025, making it the 2458th most popular girl name.
- When was Tenley most popular?
- Tenley peaked in 2011, when 736 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #424 in 2011.
- How many people are named Tenley?
- 6,859 babies have been named Tenley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,786 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Tenley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Tenley was most common in South Dakota, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.