Tekira — girls' name
57 babies named Tekira in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Tekira was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Tekira in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tekira
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Tekira between 1990 and 2006, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tekira currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tekira performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tekira shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tekira 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 57 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.
Tekira at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tekira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1990
- Peak year (1998)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
57 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 11 births in a single year.
Tekira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 37 births that decade — 65% of Tekira's all-time total
Tekira decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tekira's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.