Given name & surname · also Old English
Tenley
Tenley is a feminine given name from Old English.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tenley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,859
- 5 boys · 6,854 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 736 babies
- 2025
- 72
- #2,481 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −65%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 72 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,481 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 64.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 736 in 2011. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,696 as a first name in 2020; 323 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tenley’s family of names
In English usage, Tenley has a related form in TINLEY.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tenley
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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