Girls' name · since 1973
Tyneka
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 131 babies named Tyneka, peaking in 1975. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,212 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 131
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
131 girls have been named Tyneka since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tyneka has 131 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2001.
- #24,212 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 131 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tyneka ranks #24,212 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 131 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,212 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 131
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tyneka's 131 recorded births place it above 66.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tyneka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tyneka's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tyneka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2001
- Peak year (1975)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Tyneka by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (59 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Tyneka's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Tyneka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
44 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 59 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Tyneka's decade-level peak was the 1990s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Tyneka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1973–2001 (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 Tyneka 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.