Boys' name · since 1916
Tecumseh
64 babies named Tecumseh in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,490 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 64
- born since 1916
- 1990s
- peak decade
64 boys have been named Tecumseh since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tecumseh has 64 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2013.
- #20,490 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 64 born since 1916
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tecumseh ranks #20,490 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1916, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,490 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 64
- born since 1916
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tecumseh's 64 recorded births place it above 54.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tecumseh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tecumseh's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tecumseh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2013
- Peak year (1995)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 98 years of records
Tecumseh by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (37 births, 58% of the file).
1990s was Tecumseh's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Tecumseh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 37 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Tecumseh's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2010s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tecumseh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~97 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, 1916–2013 (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 Tecumseh 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.