Teyah — girls' name
352 babies named Teyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Teyah was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Teyah in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Teyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 352 babies named Teyah between 1996 and 2022, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Teyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Teyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Teyah 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 352 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.
Teyah at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Teyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1996
- Peak year (1999)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
352 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 23 births in a single year.
Teyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 179 births that decade — 51% of Teyah's all-time total
Teyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 179 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Teyah's strongest decade
179 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 1996–2022 (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.