Given name

Tenlee

Tenlee is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Tenlee 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 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Tenlee through the years

Babies since 1880
296
0 boys · 296 girls
Most popular year
2011
40 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−62%
Cooling
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Tenlee in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2003–2025, 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 2011.

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

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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

Modern

Tinzleigh

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tynlee

15Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Teghan

16Very rareCooling

10% boys · 90% girls

Modern

Tashyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Elsee

12Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Talise

“consecrated to God”

12Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Tynsley

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Milie

“a virtuous woman” · “one who is merciful”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Tenlee

A sister for Tenlee