Girls' name · since 1968
Teel
Teel has 18 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #47,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Teel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 18 have been recorded since 1968.
Teel has 18 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1974.
- #47,327 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teel ranks #47,327 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #47,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Teel's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Teel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Teel splits its recorded history at 1973: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1968 (6 births).
Teel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1974
- Peak year (1968)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Teel by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (12 births, 67% of the file).
1970s was Teel's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Teel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 12 births (67% of all-time use).
Teel by state
Where Teel concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 55.6% |
10 of 18 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Teels (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Teel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~6 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, 1968–1974 (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 Teel 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.