Girls' name · since 1973
Teketa
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 10 babies named Teketa, peaking in 1973. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #56,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Teketa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 10 recorded since 1973.
Teketa has 10 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1978.
- #56,709 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teketa ranks #56,709 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #56,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Teketa's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teketa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Teketa's full recorded timeline at 1978, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births.
Teketa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1978
- Peak year (1973)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Teketa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Teketa's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Teketa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Teketa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~5 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, 1973–1978 (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 Teketa 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.