Tekla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tekla

The Social Security Administration has registered 461 babies named Tekla between 1889 and 2022, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tekla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tekla performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Tekla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tekla 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 461 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.