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Girl name

Tenaya

100% girls · last recorded 2024

Tenaya has been given to about 1,008 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1975, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Living in the US≈ 989
Median age today29 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Tenaya per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1975 · 43
  • Born in 20250
  • All time1,008

How popular is Tenaya?

Its best year was 1975, when 43 babies were given the name, ranking 2054th. The typical living American called Tenaya is about 29 years old today.

Names that sound like Tenaya

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Tanya0.70
  2. Kenya0.70
  3. Anaya0.70
  4. Taya0.70
  5. Naya0.70
  6. Tonya0.65
  7. Taniya0.65
  8. Tena0.64

Middle names for Tenaya

Ranked by flow score
  1. Tenaya Josephine0.84
  2. Tenaya Rose0.83
  3. Tenaya Louise0.83
  4. Tenaya June0.82
  5. Tenaya Pearl0.82
  6. Tenaya Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Tenaya

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Aracelisister · 0.81
  2. Kareembrother · 0.80
  3. Alvarobrother · 0.80
  4. Nathanaelbrother · 0.80
  5. Elishaeither · 0.79
  6. Noemisister · 0.77

Where Tenaya is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Tenaya White0.78
    2. Tenaya Reyes0.78
    3. Tenaya Nguyen0.78
    4. Tenaya Moore0.78
    5. Tenaya Lee0.78
    6. Tenaya Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Tenaya

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.