Temeka
Last seen for girls in 1997 at #13,724 · Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,772
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 126 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,414since 1968
Temeka over time
Rank among girls' names. Temeka has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
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| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,021 | 53 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,726 | 63 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,751 | 61 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,417 | 86 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,294 | 98 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,299 | 98 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,161 | 114 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,104 | 118 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #1,027 | 130 | — | |
| 1976 | #999 | 126 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,064 | 111 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,369 | 75 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Temeka! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1994–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Temeka
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
- Biggest jump: 65 spots in 1976 (#1,064 → #999)
- Biggest drop: 28 spots in 1977 (#999 → #1,027)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1976 at #999 (126 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1976
- Highest: 1 in 11,628 girls born in 1976 were named Temeka (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 348,142 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
- 54.6% of all girls named Temeka (772) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 23 | #3,199 (1969) | #5,108 |
| 1970s | 772 | #999 (1976) | #2,002 |
| 1980s | 558 | #1,294 (1981) | #2,445 |
| 1990s | 61 | #5,060 (1990) | #9,153 |
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.
Temeka in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 12,982 of them was named Temeka, which outranked 90.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,096Kristyn119
- #1,096Lyndsay119
- #1,096Marnie119
- #1,104Temeka118
- #1,104Chante118
- #1,104Charles118
- #1,104Inez118
- #1,115Malika117
- #1,115Nicki117
- #1,117Ashlie116
Tied with 10 names at #1,104; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 328,367 of them was named Temeka, which outranked 14.6% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 990 names at #5,772; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.