Tena is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1962 and has since faded.
Tena is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #17,031 for girl births in the United States (and #28,161 across all names), given to 5 babies. Tena was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1962 (345 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | #17,031 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | #10,248 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | #10,327 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | #9,490 |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | #11,006 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | #11,289 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | #9,104 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | #13,986 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | #16,061 |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | #9,669 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | #19,350 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #12,182 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | #17,108 |
| 2008 | 8 | 8 | #13,716 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | #13,829 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | #16,954 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #12,913 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | #18,586 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #17,878 |
| 2001 | 13 | 13 | #8,154 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | #10,673 |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | #7,202 |
| 1998 | 10 | 10 | #9,215 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | #7,703 |
| 1996 | 16 | — | #6,042 |
| 1995 | 15 | — | #6,237 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | #8,742 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | #8,669 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | #7,034 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | #6,224 |
| 1990 | 15 | — | #6,113 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | #4,351 |
| 1988 | 17 | — | #5,051 |
| 1987 | 20 | — | #4,267 |
| 1986 | 30 | — | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 28 | — | #3,236 |
| 1984 | 27 | — | #3,227 |
| 1983 | 27 | — | #3,144 |
| 1982 | 35 | — | #2,696 |
| 1981 | 53 | — | #2,007 |
| 1980 | 40 | — | #2,434 |
| 1979 | 71 | — | #1,604 |
| 1978 | 46 | — | #2,088 |
| 1977 | 53 | — | #1,898 |
| 1976 | 71 | — | #1,479 |
| 1975 | 79 | — | #1,364 |
| 1974 | 100 | — | #1,156 |
| 1973 | 99 | — | #1,131 |
| 1972 | 121 | — | #992 |
| 1971 | 156 | — | #867 |
| 1970 | 146 | — | #905 |
| 1969 | 162 | — | #811 |
| 1968 | 197 | — | #690 |
| 1967 | 205 | — | #677 |
| 1966 | 202 | — | #688 |
| 1965 | 232 | — | #645 |
| 1964 | 232 | — | #670 |
| 1963 | 270 | — | #614 |
| 1962 | 345 | — | #527 |
| 1961 | 319 | — | #556 |
| 1960 | 318 | — | #544 |
| 1959 | 289 | — | #581 |
| 1958 | 257 | — | #616 |
| 1957 | 262 | — | #604 |
| 1956 | 267 | — | #577 |
| 1955 | 194 | — | #674 |
| 1954 | 92 | — | #1,027 |
| 1953 | 92 | — | #1,008 |
| 1952 | 82 | — | #1,045 |
| 1951 | 56 | — | #1,252 |
| 1950 | 65 | — | #1,152 |
| 1949 | 63 | — | #1,152 |
| 1948 | 54 | — | #1,248 |
| 1947 | 49 | — | #1,314 |
| 1946 | 54 | — | #1,178 |
| 1945 | 41 | — | #1,259 |
| 1944 | 58 | — | #1,039 |
| 1943 | 63 | — | #1,003 |
| 1942 | 27 | — | #1,626 |
| 1941 | 21 | — | #1,798 |
| 1940 | 28 | — | #1,470 |
| 1939 | 23 | — | #1,632 |
| 1938 | 24 | — | #1,592 |
| 1937 | 14 | — | #2,303 |
| 1936 | 14 | — | #2,253 |
| 1935 | 20 | — | #1,773 |
| 1934 | 18 | — | #1,906 |
| 1933 | 17 | — | #1,966 |
| 1932 | 22 | — | #1,677 |
| 1931 | 31 | — | #1,332 |
| 1930 | 29 | — | #1,457 |
| 1929 | 29 | — | #1,443 |
| 1928 | 27 | — | #1,583 |
| 1927 | 22 | — | #1,883 |
| 1926 | 43 | — | #1,180 |
| 1925 | 24 | — | #1,788 |
| 1924 | 48 | — | #1,137 |
| 1923 | 40 | — | #1,243 |
| 1922 | 45 | — | #1,156 |
| 1921 | 36 | — | #1,331 |
| 1920 | 49 | — | #1,073 |
| 1919 | 45 | — | #1,101 |
| 1918 | 53 | — | #996 |
| 1917 | 65 | — | #855 |
| 1916 | 49 | — | #990 |
| 1915 | 60 | — | #846 |
| 1914 | 44 | — | #886 |
| 1913 | 54 | — | #711 |
| 1912 | 42 | — | #779 |
| 1911 | 29 | — | #810 |
| 1910 | 23 | — | #912 |
| 1909 | 30 | — | #745 |
| 1908 | 33 | — | #676 |
| 1907 | 20 | — | #867 |
| 1906 | 38 | — | #576 |
| 1905 | 31 | — | #640 |
| 1904 | 34 | — | #584 |
| 1903 | 27 | — | #653 |
| 1902 | 26 | — | #666 |
| 1901 | 32 | — | #544 |
| 1900 | 49 | — | #488 |
| 1899 | 36 | — | #497 |
| 1898 | 46 | — | #457 |
| 1897 | 30 | — | #553 |
| 1896 | 38 | — | #475 |
| 1895 | 45 | — | #423 |
| 1894 | 38 | — | #456 |
| 1893 | 39 | — | #435 |
| 1892 | 49 | — | #384 |
| 1891 | 33 | — | #446 |
| 1890 | 37 | — | #423 |
| 1889 | 36 | — | #409 |
| 1888 | 39 | — | #391 |
| 1887 | 37 | — | #359 |
| 1886 | 29 | — | #405 |
| 1885 | 26 | — | #412 |
| 1884 | 34 | — | #339 |
| 1883 | 32 | — | #318 |
| 1882 | 25 | — | #358 |
| 1881 | 19 | — | #390 |
| 1880 | 19 | — | #386 |