Tekela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tekela

The Social Security Administration has registered 121 babies named Tekela between 1972 and 1991, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tekela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tekela performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tekela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tekela in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tekela 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 121 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.