How Many People Are Named Tenita?
An estimated 196 people in the United States have the first name Tenita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 50 years old, and Tenita peaked in popularity in 1978 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tenita 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 Tenita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
196
About 1 in 1,748,747 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
50
years old
Peak Year
1978
15 births
Total Registered
219
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tenita
Tenita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 219 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tenita as a female name
Ranked #14,369 in 1989
5 female births in 1989
Peak: 1978 (15 births)
Tenita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tenita span from the 1950s to the 1980s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 82 babies were registered. Tenita remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Tenita by Decade
How has Tenita 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.
Tenita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tenita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tenita
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tenita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tenita?
We estimate approximately 196 people named Tenita 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 1,748,747 Americans share this first name.
Is Tenita a common name?
Tenita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 219 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tenita most popular?
Tenita reached peak popularity in 1978, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tenita is approximately 50 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tenita a female name?
Tenita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tenita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tenita Smith, Tenita Johnson, Tenita 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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