Unisex name · since 1978
Teja
571 babies named Teja in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,892 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 571
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Teja is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 571 have been recorded since 1978.
Teja has 571 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2016.
- #10,892 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 571 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teja ranks #10,892 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 571 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,892 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 571
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Teja's 571 recorded births place it above 84.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Teja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Teja's full recorded timeline at 2000, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 75 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Teja popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2016
- Peak year (2002)
- 75
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Teja popularity over time - boys
73 total births recorded since 1998 (Teja as boys' name)
Teja by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (285 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Teja's strongest decade.
285 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Teja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 32
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
202 births
- 2000s
2000s
285 births
- 2010s 45
2010s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 285 births (50% of all-time use).
How Teja 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 Teja's total volume
Teja by state
Where Teja concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 10 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #6 | New Mexico | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Texas | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Washington | | 5 | 0.9% |
11 of 571 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Teja's data
- Teja's decade-level peak was the 2000s (285 total births); usage has since declined to 45 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tejas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Teja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1978–2016 (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 Teja 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.