Timeka — girls' name
1,000 babies named Timeka in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Timeka was born in this single decade.
74 babies were named Timeka in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Timeka
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,000 babies named Timeka between 1968 and 2003, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Timeka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 74 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Timeka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 469 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Timeka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Timeka in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Timeka 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 1,000 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.
Timeka at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Timeka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1968
- Peak year (1978)
- 74
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
1,000 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 74 births in a single year.
Timeka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 469 births that decade — 47% of Timeka's all-time total
Timeka decade highlights
- Peak decade 469 births
- Runner-up 373 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Timeka's strongest decade
469 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Timeka by state
Where Timeka concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 46 | 4.6% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 28 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 25 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 21 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Texas | | 21 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 19 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 18 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 16 | 1.6% |
46 of 1,000 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 4.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.5% of nationwide
- Florida 2.1% of nationwide
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Timeka appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1968–2003 (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.