Girls' name · since 1971
Teona
Teona has 974 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,658 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,179 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 974
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Teona currently ranks #12179 among girls' names in America, with 974 babies recorded since 1971.
Teona has 974 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12179 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #7,658 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,179 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 974 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teona ranks #7,658 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,179 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 974 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,658 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,179 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 974
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Teona's 974 recorded births place it above 89.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
How Teona compares
974 Top 33% higher than 67% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Teona's all-time total is 159% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Teona | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 974 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 21 | 19,840 |
Teona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Teona's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 39, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Teona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Teona by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (325 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Teona's strongest decade.
325 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Teona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 73
1970s
73 births
- 1980s
1980s
175 births
- 1990s
1990s
325 births
- 2000s
2000s
216 births
- 2010s 122
2010s
122 births
- 2020s 63
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 325 births (33% of all-time use).
How Teona compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Teona's total volume
Teona by state
Where Teona concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Maryland | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.5% |
10 of 974 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Teona's data
- Teona's decade-level peak was the 1990s (325 total births); usage has since declined to 63 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Teonas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina 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 Teona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Teona 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.