Tyreka — girls' name
180 babies named Tyreka in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Tyreka was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Tyreka in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tyreka
The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Tyreka between 1978 and 2001, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tyreka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tyreka performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tyreka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tyreka 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 180 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.
Tyreka at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tyreka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1978
- Peak year (1991)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
180 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 15 births in a single year.
Tyreka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 101 births that decade — 56% of Tyreka's all-time total
Tyreka decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tyreka's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 1978–2001 (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.