Tereka — girls' name
107 babies named Tereka in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Tereka was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Tereka in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tereka
The Social Security Administration has registered 107 babies named Tereka between 1976 and 1994, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tereka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tereka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tereka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tereka 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 107 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.
Tereka at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tereka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1976
- Peak year (1985)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
107 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 12 births in a single year.
Tereka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 72 births that decade — 67% of Tereka's all-time total
Tereka decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tereka's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 1976–1994 (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.