Girls' name · since 1964
Teka
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.
- #18,165 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 236
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
236 girls have been named Teka since 1964, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Teka has 236 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1994.
- #18,165 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 236 born since 1964
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teka ranks #18,165 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 236 born since 1964, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,165 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 236
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
Teka's 236 recorded births place it above 74.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Teka's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1964, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Teka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1994
- Peak year (1981)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Teka by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (93 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Teka's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Teka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 26
1960s
26 births
- 1970s
1970s
87 births
- 1980s
1980s
93 births
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 93 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Teka's decade-level peak was the 1980s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Teka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1964–1994 (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 Teka 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.