Tecia — girls' name
123 babies named Tecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Tecia was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Tecia in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tecia
The Social Security Administration has registered 123 babies named Tecia between 1965 and 1997, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tecia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tecia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tecia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tecia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tecia 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 123 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.
Tecia at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1965
- Peak year (1970)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
123 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 13 births in a single year.
Tecia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 56 births that decade — 46% of Tecia's all-time total
Tecia decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tecia's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Tecia by state
Where Tecia concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 4.1% |
5 of 123 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.1% 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, 1965–1997 (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.