Tyneka — girls' name
131 babies named Tyneka in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Tyneka was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Tyneka in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tyneka
The Social Security Administration has registered 131 babies named Tyneka between 1973 and 2001, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tyneka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tyneka performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tyneka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tyneka 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 131 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.
Tyneka at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tyneka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1973
- Peak year (1975)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
131 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 10 births in a single year.
Tyneka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 59 births that decade — 45% of Tyneka's all-time total
Tyneka decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tyneka's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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, 1973–2001 (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.