Tenay
Tenay is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Meaning & Origin of Tenay
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tenay is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
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The Story of Tenay
American parents first put Tenay on the record books as a baby girl name in 1980, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1992, when 9 Tenays were born — ranking #8,734 that year. About 61% of every Tenay on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Tenay last appeared in the published SSA data in 2001, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 44 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tenay
Tenay is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 44 births in the dataset. Tenay's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #8,734. Use the chart and map above to compare Tenay's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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