Boys' name · since 1980
Tejay
Tejay has 168 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,034 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 168
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
168 boys have been named Tejay since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tejay has been recorded 168 times among boys since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 1980 to 2016.
- #14,034 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 168 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tejay ranks #14,034 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 168 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,034 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 168
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tejay's 168 recorded births place it above 69.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tejay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tejay's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tejay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2016
- Peak year (2012)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Tejay by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (50 births, 30% of the file).
1980s was Tejay's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Tejay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 50 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Tejay's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (50 total births) through the 2010s (42) -- 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 Tejay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1980–2016 (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 Tejay 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.