Tensley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TENZ-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Tensley is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Tensley mean?
English: probably a variant of Tinsley, an English place name and surname
Likely a respelling of Tinsley, or a blend of Tenley and Ainsley.
Is Tensley a girl's or a boy's name?
Tensley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tensley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Tensley, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Tensley in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tensley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
Names like Tensley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oakley, Tinsley, Adley, Ensley, Kinsley, Hadley, Everly, Henley, Wrenley, Haisley, Harlow, Presley
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Tensley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tensley, updated 20 October 2026.