Teka — girls' name
236 babies named Teka in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Teka was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Teka in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Teka
The Social Security Administration has registered 236 babies named Teka between 1964 and 1994, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Teka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Teka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Teka 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 236 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.
Teka at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Teka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1964
- Peak year (1981)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
236 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 15 births in a single year.
Teka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 93 births that decade — 39% of Teka's all-time total
Teka decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Teka's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1964–1994 (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.