Unisex name · since 2002
Tekoa
Tekoa has 192 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,226 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,638 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tekoa currently ranks #3638 among unisex names in America, with 192 babies recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Tekoa recorded 192 times among boys since 2002, holding rank #3638 nationally today, ahead of 74% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #13,226 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,638 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 192 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tekoa ranks #13,226 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,638 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 192 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,226 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,638 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tekoa's 192 recorded births place it above 70.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Tekoa compares
192 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tekoa's all-time total is 48% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tekoa | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 192 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tekoa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tekoa's full recorded timeline at 2015, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 31 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tekoa popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Tekoa popularity over time - girls
150 total births recorded since 1972 (Tekoa as girls' name)
Tekoa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (97 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Tekoa's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Tekoa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s
2020s
97 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 97 births (51% of all-time use).
Tekoa by state
Where Tekoa concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 192 births nationwide.
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What to do with Tekoa's data
- California records the most Tekoas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tekoa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Tekoa 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.