Girls' name · since 1996
Teyah
357 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.
- #14,501 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,733 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 357
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
357 babies have been named Teyah since 1996, making it today's #15733 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Teyah recorded 357 times among girls since 1996, holding rank #15733 nationally today, ahead of 9% 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 1996 to 2025.
- #14,501 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,733 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 357 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teyah ranks #14,501 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,733 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 357 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,501 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,733 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 357
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Teyah's 357 recorded births place it above 79.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Teyah compares
357 48th percentile among 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
Teyah's all-time total is 5% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Teyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 357 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Teyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Teyah's full recorded timeline at 2008, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Teyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Teyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (179 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Teyah's strongest decade.
179 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Teyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 67
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
179 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 179 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Teyah's data
- Teyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (179 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Teyah: 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 (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Teyah 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.