Tekisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tekisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 340 babies named Tekisha between 1973 and 1993, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tekisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tekisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tekisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tekisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tekisha 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 340 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.