Teniya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- teh-NEE-yah
- Origin
- Modern
Teniya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Teniya come from?
Modern: modern US coinage
Is Teniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Teniya is a girls' name.
How popular is Teniya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Teniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Teniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
Names like Teniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya, Amya, Priya, Araya, Janiyah, Avaya, Anika, Armani, Amaya, Anya, Avani, Diya
Names related to Teniya
Taniyah, Taniya, Tena, Tenaya, Tenia, Teniyah, Toniya, Tniyah
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, “Teniya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/teniya, updated 20 October 2026.