The first name Tenisha
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Tenisha last appeared in the official list in 2014, given to 3 girls. It peaked in 1997, with 9 births (#1,802).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Tenisha with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Tenisha at birth, 1880–2025
In 2013, 5 girls born in the United States were named Tenisha, the 19,046th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1983, when 221 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- How popular is the name Tenisha?
- In 2014, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Tenisha, ranking 5,691st. Its peak was 1997, with 9 births.
- Is Tenisha a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 3,501 US babies named Tenisha since 1880 were girls.
- When was Tenisha most popular?
- 1983 in the United States, when 221 babies were named Tenisha, its highest rank at 744th.