Tenley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TEN-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,458 for girls
Tenley is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,458th for girls in the US (72 babies).
What does Tenley mean?
English: English surname
Tenley Albright became the first American woman to win Olympic gold in figure skating, in 1956.
Is Tenley a girl's or a boy's name?
Tenley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 72 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tenley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were named Tenley, making it the 2,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,054th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 736 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Tenley than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Tenley in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82 girls in the US were given Tenley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,946, up from #2,458 for this spelling alone.
- Tenley 72
- Tennley 5
- Tenleigh 5
Tenley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,458 |
| 2024 | 90 | #2,118 |
| 2023 | 117 | #1,750 |
| 2022 | 173 | #1,350 |
| 2021 | 188 | #1,249 |
| 2020 | 237 | #1,054 |
| 2019 | 279 | #947 |
| 2018 | 361 | #754 |
| 2017 | 376 | #746 |
| 2016 | 569 | #549 |
| 2015 | 427 | #670 |
| 2014 | 458 | #626 |
| 2013 | 517 | #563 |
| 2012 | 583 | #520 |
| 2011 | 736 | #424 |
| 2010 | 672 | #459 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,718 |
| 2007 | 54 | #3,168 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,586 |
| 2003 | 79 | #2,184 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,602 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,740 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,903 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,971 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,193 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
Names like Tenley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kinsley Riley Teagan Kenley Finley Kinley Oakley Blakely Hadley Lainey Briar Tinsley
Other spellings of Tenley
Names related to Tenley
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter
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, “Tenley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tenley, updated 20 October 2026.