Girls' name · since 1979
Tieka
Tieka has 18 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #47,334 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1979
- 1970s
- peak decade
18 girls have been named Tieka since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tieka has 18 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1991.
- #47,334 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1979
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tieka ranks #47,334 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1979, peaking in the 1970s.
- #47,334 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1979
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tieka's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tieka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tieka's full recorded timeline at 1985, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tieka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1991
- Peak year (1979)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Tieka by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (8 births, 44% of the file).
1970s was Tieka's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Tieka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
8 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 8 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Tieka's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (8 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Tieka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1979–1991 (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 Tieka 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.