Tejon — boys' name
171 babies named Tejon in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Tejon was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Tejon in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tejon
The Social Security Administration has registered 171 babies named Tejon between 1992 and 2011, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tejon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tejon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tejon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tejon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tejon 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 171 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.
Tejon at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tejon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1992
- Peak year (2004)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
171 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 16 births in a single year.
Tejon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 112 births that decade — 65% of Tejon's all-time total
Tejon decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tejon's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Tejon by state
Where Tejon concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 6.4% |
11 of 171 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1992–2011 (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.