Given name

Tenie

Tenie is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Tenie isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Tenie through the years

Babies since 1880
11
0 boys · 11 girls
Most popular year
1895
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Tenie in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1895–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1914. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1895.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Tenie, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Ennie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Phenie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Tishie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Donie

Donie is a unisex given name.

0Not recently recorded

12% boys · 88% girls

 

Gettie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Lellie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Medie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Bevie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Tenie’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Tenie

A sister for Tenie