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Girl name

Tenecia

100% girls · last recorded 1998

Tenecia has been given to about 301 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1983, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables3
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 291
Median age today43 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Tenecia per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & Waleseach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1983 · 22
  • Born in 20250
  • All time301

How popular is Tenecia?

Its best year was 1983, when 22 babies were given the name, ranking 3674th. The typical living American called Tenecia is about 43 years old today.

Names that sound like Tenecia

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Felecia0.79
  2. Cecelia0.68
  3. Yesenia0.68
  4. Emelia0.68
  5. Jesenia0.68
  6. Yessenia0.66
  7. Jessenia0.66
  8. Felicia0.64

Middle names for Tenecia

Ranked by flow score
  1. Tenecia Rose0.85
  2. Tenecia Louise0.85
  3. Tenecia June0.84
  4. Tenecia Pearl0.84
  5. Tenecia Quinn0.84
  6. Tenecia Nell0.84

Sibling names for Tenecia

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Meredithsister · 0.62
  2. Laceysister · 0.61
  3. Dustinbrother · 0.60
  4. Nicolesister · 0.59
  5. Jeremybrother · 0.59
  6. Jamieeither · 0.58

Where Tenecia is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Tenecia White0.80
    2. Tenecia Reyes0.80
    3. Tenecia Nguyen0.80
    4. Tenecia Moore0.80
    5. Tenecia Lee0.80
    6. Tenecia Hill0.80

    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 Tenecia

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

    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.