Temeika — girls' name
54 babies named Temeika in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Temeika was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Temeika in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Temeika
The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Temeika between 1975 and 1984, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Temeika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Temeika performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Temeika shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Temeika in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Temeika 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 54 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.
Temeika at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Temeika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1975
- Peak year (1979)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
54 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 13 births in a single year.
Temeika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 35 births that decade — 65% of Temeika's all-time total
Temeika decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Temeika's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Temeika by state
Where Temeika concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 5 | 9.3% |
5 of 54 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 9.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 9.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1975–1984 (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.