Girls' name · since 1991
Tekeyah
Since 1991, U.S. Social Security records show 89 babies named Tekeyah, peaking in 1993. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,491 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tekeyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 89 have been recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tekeyah has been recorded 89 times among girls since 1991, 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 1991 to 1999.
- #28,491 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 89 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tekeyah ranks #28,491 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 89 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #28,491 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tekeyah's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tekeyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tekeyah splits its recorded history at 1995: 31% of all births land in the more recent half, 69% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1999 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tekeyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1999
- Peak year (1993)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Tekeyah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (89 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Tekeyah's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Tekeyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 89 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tekeyah: 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 (~8 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, 1991–1999 (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 Tekeyah 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.