Temeca — girls' name
93 babies named Temeca in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
70% of everyone ever named Temeca was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Temeca in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Temeca
The Social Security Administration has registered 93 babies named Temeca between 1973 and 1986, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Temeca currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Temeca performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Temeca shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Temeca 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 93 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.
Temeca at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Temeca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1973
- Peak year (1975)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
93 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 14 births in a single year.
Temeca by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 65 births that decade — 70% of Temeca's all-time total
Temeca decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Temeca's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% 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, 1973–1986 (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.