Teka

Girls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Teka has been given to 236 babies in the U.S. since 1964. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1981, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Teka, 1994

1 in 619,000

Teka over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Teka: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Teka means

Teka is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Teka is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Teka is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 236 girls were recorded with the name Teka between 1964 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1981; its best national rank was #4,744 in 1968.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Teka?

Teka had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1994, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1994: 1 in 619,000; 6 of 3,715,972 births
Among girls only: 1 in 297,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1994: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 429,287 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Teka sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1994 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 429,287 children born in 1994 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Teka. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tekas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Teka was born before 1980 — so the typical Teka is around 45 today.

Median birth year: 1980; About 45 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 39.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 89.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 236; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 39.4% of all recorded uses (93).

Is Teka rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1981 (15)
Years since peak: 44; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,744; 1968

Spellings of Teka

Teka is not the most common spelling — Tina is, with 15.6% against Teka's 0.01%.

Tina15.6%292,146
Eva15.2%284,761
Tara9.4%175,812
Vera8.0%149,456
Lena7.8%146,479
Tessa3.0%55,926
Teri2.3%43,957
Lela2.3%43,005

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Teka by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,744; 1968
Peak year: 1981; 15 that year
First recorded: 1964
Last recorded: 1994
All-time count: 236
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Teka

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Tekoa Tekia Tekla Meeka Reka Neka Mieka Maleka Neeka Aleka Ereka Tekela Tekeya Meka Maleeka Aneka Tekesha Aneeka Ameka Tekisha Oneka Dameka Umeka Anneka

Sibling names for Teka

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shamika Kandi Fawn Joi Jessi Jenelle Charissa Latrice

For a brother

Chauncey Leopoldo Jerod Dusty Jamaal Wilfredo Antwan Donnell

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