Girls' name · since 1889
Tekla
Tekla has 461 recorded births since 1889 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,461 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 461
- born since 1889
- 1910s
- peak decade
461 girls have been named Tekla since 1889, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tekla has been recorded 461 times among girls since 1889, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1889 to 2022.
- #12,461 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 461 born since 1889
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tekla ranks #12,461 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 461 born since 1889, peaking in the 1910s.
- #12,461 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 461
- born since 1889
- 1910s
- peak decade
Tekla's 461 recorded births place it above 82.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tekla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tekla's full recorded timeline at 1946, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1890, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tekla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1889–2022
- Peak year (1916)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
Tekla by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (103 births, 22% of the file).
1910s was Tekla's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Tekla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 7
1880s
7 births
- 1890s
1890s
44 births
- 1900s 18
1900s
18 births
- 1910s
1910s
103 births
- 1920s 31
1920s
31 births
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
- 1940s
1940s
48 births
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
- 1960s
1960s
43 births
- 1970s 39
1970s
39 births
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 103 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Tekla's data
- Tekla's decade-level peak was the 1910s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tekla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~133 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, 1889–2022 (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 Tekla 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.