Tenita
#17,440 most common girls' name of all time · #28,651 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1957–1989
Rank among girls
#17,440
Rank overall
#28,651 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
27 of 146
All-time
219
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1978 #4,569
Best rank
#4,246 1962
Girls
Boys
peak 15/yr
Tenita first appears in 1957. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,895 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,346 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,835 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,803 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,634 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,039 |
| 1983 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,294 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,572 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,458 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,099 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,412 |
| 1978 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,569 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,099 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,022 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,849 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,300 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,828 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,083 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,049 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,417 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,756 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,553 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,246 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,427 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,278 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,996 |