Girls' name · since 1907
Tecla
Tecla has 135 recorded births since 1907 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,919 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1907
- 1910s
- peak decade
Tecla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 135 recorded since 1907.
Tecla has 135 recorded births among girls since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 1970.
- #23,919 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 135 born since 1907
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tecla ranks #23,919 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1907, peaking in the 1910s.
- #23,919 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1907
- 1910s
- peak decade
Tecla's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Tecla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tecla splits its recorded history at 1922: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1907 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tecla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–1970
- Peak year (1916)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Tecla by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (48 births, 36% of the file).
1910s was Tecla's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Tecla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
48 births
- 1920s
1920s
37 births
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
- 1940s
1940s
20 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 48 births (36% of all-time use).
Tecla by state
Where Tecla concentrates geographically, total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 4.4% |
6 of 135 births nationwide.
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What to do with Tecla's data
- Tecla's decade-level peak was the 1910s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Teclas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tecla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1907–1970 (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 Tecla 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.