Tykeia

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Tykeia has been given to 38 babies in the U.S. since 1982. 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 1997, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Tykeia, 1999

1 in 527,000

Tykeia 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Tykeia: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tykeia means

Tykeia is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Tykeia is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 38 girls were recorded with the name Tykeia between 1982 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1997; its best national rank was #10,354 in 1984.

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 Tykeia?

Tykeia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1999, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1999: 1 in 527,000; 7 of 3,692,373 births
Among girls only: 1 in 253,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1999: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 365,624 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Tykeia 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 1999 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 365,624 children born in 1999 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tykeia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tykeias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tykeia was born before 1997 — so the typical Tykeia is around 28 today.

Median birth year: 1997; About 28 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 71.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 38; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 71.1% of all recorded uses (27).

Is Tykeia 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 1997 (8)
Years since peak: 28; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,354; 1984

Spellings of Tykeia

Tykeia is not the most common spelling — Tyasia is, with 16.3% against Tykeia's 0.28%.

Tyasia16.3%2,201
Takia14.5%1,962
Theia9.0%1,217
Teia7.8%1,056
Nykia7.4%993
Mykia6.9%927
Zykeria6.8%912
Takeya4.7%640

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.

Tykeia 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: #10,354; 1984
Peak year: 1997; 8 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 1999
All-time count: 38
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Tykeia

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

Kyleia Caleia Tykeya Alleia Mireia Zaleia Tykara Tykeira Tykeyah Sereia Khaleia Elleia Tykiera Janeia Makeia Areia Naleia Tykera Thaleia Nekeia Mikeia Adaleia Mykeia Rheia

Sibling names for Tykeia

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

Dasia Yasmeen Bryana Star Iman Cydney Kalie Reilly

For a brother

Samual Stephon Austyn Claudio Demarco Marquez Dontae Ronaldo

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