How Many People Are Named Tenea?
An estimated 160 people in the United States have the first name Tenea. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Tenea peaked in popularity in 1990 with 11 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tenea as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tenea paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
160
About 1 in 2,142,215 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1990
11 births
Total Registered
168
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tenea
Tenea is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 168 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tenea as a female name
Ranked #20,208 in 2008
5 female births in 2008
Peak: 1990 (11 births)
Tenea: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tenea span from the 1970s to the 2000s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 78 babies were registered. Tenea has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tenea by Decade
How has Tenea tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tenea by State
Tenea + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tenea as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Tenea: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tenea?
We estimate approximately 160 people named Tenea are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,142,215 Americans share this first name.
Is Tenea a common name?
Tenea is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 71.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 168 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tenea most popular?
Tenea reached peak popularity in 1990, when 11 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tenea is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tenea a female name?
Tenea is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tenea Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tenea Smith, Tenea Johnson, Tenea Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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