Teena
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 322 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,746since 1928
Teena over time
Rank among girls' names. Teena has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #3,159 | 35 |
| 1990 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 1989 | #2,442 | 47 |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 |
| 1987 | #2,398 | 43 |
| 1986 | #2,079 | 51 |
| 1985 | #1,030 | 146 |
| 1984 | #1,583 | 71 |
| 1983 | #1,798 | 59 |
| 1982 | #1,345 | 92 |
| 1981 | #1,128 | 122 |
| 1980 | #1,863 | 58 |
| 1979 | #2,187 | 45 |
| 1978 | #2,191 | 42 |
| 1977 | #1,857 | 54 |
| 1976 | #1,638 | 60 |
| 1975 | #1,586 | 62 |
| 1974 | #1,094 | 106 |
| 1973 | #1,211 | 88 |
| 1972 | #1,111 | 100 |
| 1971 | #919 | 141 |
| 1970 | #1,140 | 102 |
| 1969 | #1,003 | 116 |
| 1968 | #893 | 133 |
| 1967 | #897 | 130 |
| 1966 | #790 | 156 |
| 1965 | #734 | 184 |
| 1964 | #748 | 194 |
| 1963 | #731 | 197 |
| 1962 | #646 | 245 |
| 1961 | #779 | 182 |
| 1960 | #686 | 221 |
| 1959 | #634 | 246 |
| 1958 | #600 | 273 |
| 1957 | #602 | 263 |
| 1956 | #522 | 322 |
| 1955 | #604 | 233 |
| 1954 | #926 | 108 |
| 1953 | #974 | 96 |
| 1952 | #946 | 97 |
| 1951 | #961 | 93 |
| 1950 | #1,234 | 56 |
| 1949 | #1,109 | 66 |
| 1948 | #1,185 | 58 |
| 1947 | #1,120 | 64 |
| 1946 | #1,192 | 52 |
| 1945 | #1,332 | 36 |
| 1944 | #1,255 | 40 |
| 1943 | #1,664 | 26 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | — | |
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| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
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| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
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| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Teena! It came in at #4,725, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1931, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Teena is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#447 · 1 in 5,830
- Tennessee#490 · 1 in 7,215
- Ohio#697 · 1 in 15,373
- New York#918 · 1 in 26,506
- Texas#998 · 1 in 16,613
Best ever in a state: #202 in Idaho, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #447 | 8 | 1 in 5,830 |
| Tennessee | #490 | 5 | 1 in 7,215 |
| Ohio | #697 | 5 | 1 in 15,373 |
| New York | #918 | 5 | 1 in 26,506 |
| Texas | #998 | 5 | 1 in 16,613 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Teena
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 322 spots in 1955 (#926 → #604)
- Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1972 (#919 → #1,111)
- Debuted 1928
- Peaked 1956 at #522 (322 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1951–1968
- Highest: 1 in 6,235 girls born in 1956 were named Teena (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,726 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- 31.1% of all girls named Teena (1,787) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,725 (1928) | #4,725 |
| 1930s | 20 | #3,047 (1932) | #3,655 |
| 1940s | 368 | #1,109 (1949) | #1,549 |
| 1950s | 1,787 | #522 (1956) | #800 |
| 1960s | 1,758 | #646 (1962) | #791 |
| 1970s | 800 | #919 (1971) | #1,493 |
| 1980s | 732 | #1,030 (1985) | #1,816 |
| 1990s | 201 | #3,159 (1991) | #5,593 |
| 2000s | 58 | #9,874 (2000) | #14,351 |
| 2010s | 17 | #9,723 (2011) | #12,141 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Teena in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
More about 1946
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1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 30,217 of them was named Teena, which outranked 79.0% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,179Sunny53
- #1,179Suzi53
- #1,179Thea53
- #1,192Teena52
- #1,192Delilah52
- #1,192Easter52
- #1,192Edward52
- #1,208Armida51
- #1,208Cathey51
- #1,208Cherri51
Tied with 15 names at #1,192; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.