Tenia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- teh-NEE-ah
- Origin
- Modern
Tenia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Tenia come from?
Modern: modern US coinage
Is Tenia a girl's or a boy's name?
Tenia is a girls' name.
How popular is Tenia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Tenia in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tenia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 21 | #2,667 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,648 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Names like Tenia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa Samantha Amanda Maria Jessica Kayla Tabitha Talia Christina Rebecca Tara Vanessa
Names related to Tenia
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tenia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tenia, updated 20 October 2026.