Temeka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Temeka

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,414 babies named Temeka between 1968 and 1997, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Temeka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 130 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Temeka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 772 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Temeka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 107 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Temeka in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Temeka 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 1,414 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.