Girls' name · since 1977
Tekeya
Since 1977, U.S. Social Security records show 117 babies named Tekeya, peaking in 1993. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,463 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
117 girls have been named Tekeya since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tekeya has been recorded 117 times among girls since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2001.
- #25,463 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 117 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tekeya ranks #25,463 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 117 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #25,463 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tekeya's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tekeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tekeya splits its recorded history at 1986: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tekeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2001
- Peak year (1993)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Tekeya by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (54 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Tekeya's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Tekeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 54 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Tekeya's decade-level peak was the 1990s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Tekeya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1977–2001 (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 Tekeya 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.