Tekesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tekesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 221 babies named Tekesha between 1971 and 1990, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tekesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tekesha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tekesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tekesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tekesha 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 221 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.