girls:
280 births since 2010
#5436 (5th percentile)
overall:
280 births since 2010
#7459 (4th percentile)
The name Tensley is the #7,459 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 280 recorded births since 2010. This represents the 3.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,436 (4.9% percentile) for all time with 280 births since 2010.
Tensley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2010 (first recorded for girls in 2010).
For girls, Tensley reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #911) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Tensley ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 29.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tensley".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Tensley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.2% confident that Tensley is pronounced as TEH-nzlee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TEHN-slee, at 15.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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