Tenley

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 374 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
374
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Tenley has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2019. Lower is more popular.
#471#749#1026201520172019#948

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YearUS rank
2015#670
2016#549
2017#749
2018#753
2019#948

Tenley by the numbers

Tenley was given to 374 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 736 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Tenley

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tenley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tinley327 in the US (2017)
  • Tensley27 in the US (2017)
  • Tenlee17 in the US (2017)
  • Tesley5 in the US (2017)
  • Tinsleyfortification of a woman named Tynni328 in the US (2017)
  • Tilleytillage land; cultivated field15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Tenley

Names that are said the same way as Tenley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Tenley

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