Tekiyah — girls' name
27 babies named Tekiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Tekiyah was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Tekiyah in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tekiyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Tekiyah between 2000 and 2005, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tekiyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tekiyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tekiyah 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 27 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.
Tekiyah at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tekiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2000
- Peak year (2003)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
27 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 6 births in a single year.
Tekiyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 27 births that decade — 100% of Tekiyah's all-time total
Tekiyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tekiyah's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 2000–2005 (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.