Girls' name · since 1977
Teale
116 babies named Teale in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
116 girls have been named Teale since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teale has been recorded 116 times among girls since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1997.
- #25,572 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 116 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teale ranks #25,572 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 116 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #25,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Teale's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teale's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Teale's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Teale popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1997
- Peak year (1990)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Teale by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (67 births, 58% of the file).
1990s was Teale's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Teale births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
44 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 67 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Teale: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Teale draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.