Teah — #15566 US girls' name
1,409 babies named Teah in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Teah was born in this single decade.
63 babies were named Teah in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Teah
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,409 babies named Teah between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teah currently holds the #15566 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 63 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Teah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 417 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Teah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Teah in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Teah 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 1,409 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.
Teah at a glance
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Current rank
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Teah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1955
- Peak year (1998)
- 63
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
Currently ranks #15566 among girls.
1,409 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 63 births in a single year.
Teah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 417 births that decade — 30% of Teah's all-time total
Teah decade highlights
- Peak decade 417 births
- Runner-up 383 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Teah's strongest decade
417 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Teah by state
Where Teah concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 82 | 5.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 24 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 19 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
82 of 1,409 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.8% of nationwide
- Texas 1.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.7% of nationwide
- Florida 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1955–2024 (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.