Tecora — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tecora

The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Tecora between 1910 and 2003, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tecora currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tecora performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Tecora shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tecora in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tecora 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 199 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.