Recorded 1980–2016 Boys' name Peak 2012 168 births

Tejay — boys' name

168 babies named Tejay in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s501990s382000s382010s42
1980s
Peak decade

30% of everyone ever named Tejay was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

12 babies were named Tejay in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tejay

The Social Security Administration has registered 168 babies named Tejay between 1980 and 2016, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tejay currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tejay performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tejay shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tejay in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 168 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Tejay at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

168

Since 1980

37 years of records

Peak year

2012

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1980

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 2016

Tejay popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1980

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2012)
12
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
468101214 2016201220041999199119851980 5

Tejay by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
50 births that decade — 30% of Tejay's all-time total
1980s501990s382000s382010s42

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tejay?
168 babies have been named Tejay since 1980. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2012 with 12 births.
When was Tejay most popular?
Tejay was most popular in the 1980s decade with 50 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Tejay been used?
Tejay has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 37 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Tejay?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tejas, Tej, Tejon, Teja, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.