Tea — #7340 US girls' name
2,483 babies named Tea in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Tea was born in this single decade.
290 babies were named Tea in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tea
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,483 babies named Tea between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tea currently holds the #7340 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 290 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,160 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 324 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tea in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tea in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,483 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tea at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (1998)
- 290
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #7340 among girls.
2,483 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 290 births in a single year.
Tea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,160 births that decade — 47% of Tea's all-time total
Tea decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,160 births
- Runner-up 798 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tea's strongest decade
1,160 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Tea by state
Where Tea concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 324 | 13.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 166 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 132 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 94 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 60 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 55 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 49 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 48 | 1.9% |
324 of 2,483 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.0% of nationwide
- New York 6.7% of nationwide
- Texas 5.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 33 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tea appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.