Girls' name · since 1973
Teika
Teika has 16 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #49,267 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Teika since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Teika has 16 recorded births among girls since 1973, 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 1973 to 1983.
- #49,267 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teika ranks #49,267 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #49,267 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Teika's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Teika splits its recorded history at 1979: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1973 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Teika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1983
- Peak year (1973)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Teika by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1970s was Teika's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Teika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Teika's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1980s (5) -- 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Teika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1973–1983 (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 Teika 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.