Recorded 1992–2011 Boys' name Peak 2004 171 births

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.

1990s542000s1122010s5
2000s
Peak decade

65% of everyone ever named Tejon was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

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 2011

Total births

171

Since 1992

20 years of records

Peak year

2004

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

1992

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2011

Tejon popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1992

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (2004)
16
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
05101520 2011200720042001199819951992 5

Tejon by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
112 births that decade — 65% of Tejon's all-time total
1990s542000s1122010s5

Tejon by state

Where Tejon concentrates geographically — total births since 1992

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Tejon
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
11 6.4%
California share of Tejon's total US births 6.4%

11 of 171 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tejon?
171 babies have been named Tejon since 1992. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 2004 with 16 births.
When was Tejon most popular?
Tejon was most popular in the 2000s decade with 112 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Tejon most popular?
The top states for the name Tejon are California (11 births).
How long has the name Tejon been used?
Tejon has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 20 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Tejon?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tejas, Tej, Tejay, 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, 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.