Girls' name · since 1957
Teya
1,312 babies named Teya in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,594 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,312
- born since 1957
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Teya is the #5594 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,312 recorded since 1957.
Social Security Administration records show Teya recorded 1,312 times among girls since 1957, holding rank #5594 nationally today, ahead of 68% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2025.
- #6,249 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,594 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,312 born since 1957
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teya ranks #6,249 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,594 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,312 born since 1957, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,594 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,312
- born since 1957
- 2000s
- peak decade
Teya's 1,312 recorded births place it above 91.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Teya compares
1,312 Top 28% higher than 72% 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
Teya's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Teya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,312 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 77 | 21 | 19,840 |
Teya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Teya splits its recorded history at 1998: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 77 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Teya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 77
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Teya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (454 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Teya's strongest decade.
454 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Teya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 79
1970s
79 births
- 1980s 112
1980s
112 births
- 1990s
1990s
296 births
- 2000s
2000s
454 births
- 2010s
2010s
221 births
- 2020s 138
2020s
138 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 454 births (35% of all-time use).
How Teya 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 Teya's total volume
Teya by state
Where Teya concentrates geographically, total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 135 | 10.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 17 | 1.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 8 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Utah | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Oregon | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Washington | | 5 | 0.4% |
135 of 1,312 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Teya's data
- Teya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (454 total births); usage has since declined to 138 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Teyas (135 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Teya
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Teya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~68 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, 1957–2025 (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 Teya 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.