Tecla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tecla

The Social Security Administration has registered 135 babies named Tecla between 1907 and 1970, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tecla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tecla performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Tecla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tecla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tecla 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 135 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.