The first name Tenley
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
From Tineley in Northumberland or Teenley in West Yorkshire.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Tenley at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 72 girls born in the United States were named Tenley, the 2,481st most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2011, when 736 were.
6,859
babies named Tenley since 1880
#2,481
rank in 2025
2011
peak year
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.
Famous people named Tenley
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Tenley AlbrightAmerican figure skater and surgeon, born 1935
Questions
- What does the name Tenley mean?
- From Tineley in Northumberland or Teenley in West Yorkshire.
- Is Tenley a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 6,859 US babies named Tenley since 1880 were girls.
- When was Tenley most popular?
- 2011 in the United States, when 736 babies were named Tenley, its highest rank at 425th.