Boys' name · since 1968
Teo
2,987 babies named Teo in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,548 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #793 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,987
- born since 1968
- 2020s
- peak decade
Teo currently ranks #793 among boys' names in America, with 2,987 babies recorded since 1968.
Teo has 2,987 recorded births among boys since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #793 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #2,548 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #793 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,987 born since 1968
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teo ranks #2,548 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #793 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,987 born since 1968, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,548 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #793 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,987
- born since 1968
- 2020s
- peak decade
Teo's 2,987 recorded births place it above 94.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Teo compares
2,987 Top 18% higher than 82% of 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
Teo's all-time total is 8x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Teo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,987 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 335 | 34 | 22,252 |
Teo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Teo splits its recorded history at 2001: 93% of all births land in the more recent half, 7% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 335 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Teo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 335
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Teo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,485 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Teo's strongest decade.
1,485 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Teo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 29
1970s
29 births
- 1980s 64
1980s
64 births
- 1990s 93
1990s
93 births
- 2000s 406
2000s
406 births
- 2010s
2010s
905 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,485 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,485 births (50% of all-time use).
How Teo compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Teo's total volume
Teo by state
Where Teo concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 701 | 23.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 278 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 180 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 141 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 74 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Washington | | 61 | 2.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 55 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 54 | 1.8% |
701 of 2,987 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Teo appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Teo's data
- California records the most Teos (701 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Teo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
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, 1968–2025 (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 Teo 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.