Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tenley

#2,028 most common girls' name of all time · #3,468 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1953–2025

Rank among girls
#2,028
Rank overall
#3,468 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
6,859
Since 2016
2,467
Peak year
2011 #424
Best rank
#424 2011
Girls Boys peak 736/yr
1960198020002020

Tenley first appears in 1953. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 72 — 72 #2,466
2024 90 — 90 #2,125
2023 117 — 117 #1,756
2022 173 — 173 #1,352
2021 188 — 188 #1,253
2020 237 — 237 #1,054
2019 279 — 279 #948
2018 361 5 366 #755
2017 376 — 376 #748
2016 569 — 569 #549
2015 427 — 427 #670
2014 458 — 458 #626
2013 517 — 517 #563
2012 583 — 583 #522
2011 736 — 736 #424
2010 672 — 672 #460
2009 60 — 60 #2,905
2008 67 — 67 #2,727
2007 54 — 54 #3,178
2006 58 — 58 #2,953
2005 58 — 58 #2,839
2004 64 — 64 #2,600
2003 79 — 79 #2,189
2002 59 — 59 #2,618
2001 13 — 13 #7,831
2000 9 — 9 #10,033
1999 13 — 13 #7,369
1998 10 — 10 #8,730
1997 9 — 9 #9,192
1996 15 — 15 #6,157
1995 11 — 11 #7,671
1994 14 — 14 #6,427
1993 15 — 15 #6,048
1992 11 — 11 #7,664
1991 11 — 11 #7,577
1990 8 — 8 #9,480
1989 10 — 10 #7,620
1988 13 — 13 #6,020
1987 13 — 13 #5,743
1986 8 — 8 #7,973
1985 7 — 7 #8,600
1984 6 — 6 #9,479
1983 11 — 11 #5,966
1982 13 — 13 #5,338
1981 11 — 11 #6,054
1980 25 — 25 #3,369
1979 6 — 6 #9,352
1978 11 — 11 #5,716
1977 9 — 9 #6,547
1976 10 — 10 #5,809
1975 7 — 7 #7,503
1973 6 — 6 #7,787
1972 11 — 11 #4,958
1969 6 — 6 #7,043
1966 5 — 5 #7,130
1965 12 — 12 #3,906
1963 13 — 13 #3,772
1962 20 — 20 #2,806
1961 19 — 19 #2,945
1960 18 — 18 #2,982
1959 10 — 10 #4,266
1958 16 — 16 #3,079
1957 11 — 11 #3,907
1956 25 — 25 #2,248
1955 11 — 11 #3,769
1954 6 — 6 #5,678
1953 12 — 12 #3,479