Tineka — girls' name
255 babies named Tineka in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
255 girls have been named Tineka since 1967, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1993.
- 255
- total births
- 1967–1993
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Tineka was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Tineka in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tineka
The Social Security Administration has registered 255 babies named Tineka between 1967 and 1993, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tineka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tineka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tineka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tineka 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 255 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.
Tineka at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tineka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1967
- Peak year (1976)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
255 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 22 births in a single year.
Tineka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 124 births that decade — 49% of Tineka's all-time total
Tineka decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 93 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tineka's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1967–1993 (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.