Girls' name · since 1957
Teia
1,056 babies named Teia in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,242 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,056
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
1,056 babies have been named Teia since 1957, making it today's #10242 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teia has been recorded 1,056 times among girls since 1957, currently ranked #10242 nationally and more common than 41% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2025.
- #7,228 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,242 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,056 born since 1957
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teia ranks #7,228 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,242 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,056 born since 1957, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,242 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,056
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
Teia's 1,056 recorded births place it above 90% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Michigan.
How Teia compares
1,056 Top 31% higher than 69% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Teia's all-time total is 181% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Teia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,056 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 21 | 19,840 |
Teia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Teia's full recorded timeline at 1992, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1958, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 49 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Teia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2025
- Peak year (1980)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Teia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (274 births, 26% of the file).
1980s was Teia's strongest decade.
274 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Teia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s 83
1960s
83 births
- 1970s
1970s
163 births
- 1980s
1980s
274 births
- 1990s
1990s
221 births
- 2000s
2000s
147 births
- 2010s 104
2010s
104 births
- 2020s 47
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 274 births (26% of all-time use).
How Teia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Teia's total volume
Teia by state
Where Teia concentrates geographically, total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 12 | 1.1% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.5% |
12 of 1,056 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Teia's data
- Teia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (274 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Michigan records the most Teias (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan 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 Teia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~68 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, 1957–2025 (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 Teia 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.