# Tenisha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tenisha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,501 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,501 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 79, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 37 | 3,217 |
| 1998 | 36 | 3,421 |
| 1999 | 17 | 6,170 |
| 2000 | 19 | 5,922 |
| 2001 | 20 | 5,797 |
| 2002 | 13 | 8,242 |
| 2003 | 5 | 18,185 |
| 2004 | 7 | 14,060 |
| 2005 | 13 | 8,835 |
| 2006 | 9 | 12,344 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,594 |
| 2008 | 6 | 17,315 |
| 2009 | 6 | 17,110 |
| 2010 | 5 | 19,589 |
| 2013 | 5 | 19,046 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 2,096 |
| 1997 | 9 | 1,802 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 1999 | 6 | 2,444 |
| 2000 | 6 | 2,416 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.