Tenley
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Tenley
This name is currently best known on The Bachelorette's Tenley Molzahn. In the 1950s, it was attached to the Olympic figure skating champion Tenley Albright, and Jessica Biel played a Tenley in the movie Summer Catch.
The trendy ley ending makes Tenley feel familiar, but the unique Ten beginning sets is apart from more popular names like Hadley, Oakley, and OG fashionable ley-ending name Ashley.
Tenley is also given to boys.
Pronounced TEN-lee.
As of October 2026, Tenley ranked #13873 for boys in US births in 2018 and #2481 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #425 for girls in 2011.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #626 | 458 | 256.4 |
| 2015 | #671 | 427 | 239.2 |
| 2016 | #549 | 569 | 321.1 |
| 2017 | #748 | 376 | 217.8 |
| 2018 | #753 | 361 | 212.2 |
| 2019 | #949 | 279 | 166.2 |
| 2020 | #1,053 | 237 | 146.6 |
| 2021 | #1,253 | 188 | 114.6 |
| 2022 | #1,354 | 173 | 105.5 |
| 2023 | #1,759 | 117 | 72.9 |
| 2024 | #2,142 | 89 | 54.9 |
| 2025 | #2,481 | 72 | 44.8 |
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Tenley on lists
Famous Tenleys
- Tenley Emma AlbrightGirl
American Olympic. figure skater
- Tenley MolzahnGirl
American reality TV personality ("The Bachelor")
- Tenley Reynolds (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of NFL player Chase Reynolds
- Tenley Rose LeVasseurGirl
daughter of reality TV personality Derrick LeVasseur of "Big Brother 16"
Tenley in pop culture
- Tenley ParrishGirl
from the movie "Summer Catch"
- Tenley LockwoodGirl
from Gena Showalter's "Everlife" series