Teneka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Teneka

The Social Security Administration has registered 509 babies named Teneka between 1969 and 1994, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teneka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Teneka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 239 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Teneka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Teneka in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Teneka 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 509 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.