Tennille
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- teh-NEEL
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Tennille is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Tennille come from?
Surname, perhaps of French origin
Is Tennille a girl's or a boy's name?
Tennille is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tennille in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Tennille, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1976, with 769 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Tennille in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tennille in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1983 | 46 | #2,134 |
| 1982 | 70 | #1,641 |
| 1981 | 87 | #1,406 |
| 1980 | 140 | #1,026 |
| 1979 | 113 | #1,169 |
| 1978 | 141 | #981 |
| 1977 | 425 | #462 |
| 1976 | 769 | #300 |
| 1975 | 103 | #1,127 |
Names like Tennille
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nicole, Danielle, Jasmine, Katherine, Katie, Sarah, Kate, Noelle, Michelle, Tara, Ashley, Sunshine
Names related to Tennille
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, “Tennille: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tennille, updated 20 October 2026.