How rare is the name Teena?

5,268 people in the United States have the first name Teena, about 1 in 57,333. It ranks #3,768 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

TEENA

#3,768

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,268
About
1 in 57,333
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,268 people named Teena, 72.9% reported their origin as White, 9.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 8.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Teena peaked in 1956, when 322 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19282014
Peak year
1956
Births that year
322
In 2014
6 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,746 babies have been given the name since 1928. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Teena by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,245. The largest share of babies named Teena, 53.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1920s#13,8275
1930s#8,83120
1940s#2,431368
1950s#1,2451,787
1960s#1,3391,758
1970s#2,217800
1980s#2,664732
1990s#8,047201
2000s#22,08858
2010s#35,46317
Silent Generation 1928–452.7%
Baby boom 1946–6453.4%
Generation X 1965–8027.4%
Millennials 1981–9614.6%
Generation Z 1997–121.9%
2013 and later0.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Teena is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Teena has been most common in Tennessee (2.5×), Indiana (2.3×), and Oregon (1.8×), and least common in Florida (0.63×).

3,307 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Teena

1 other first name also has 5,268 people.

#3,768 Charleen · 5,268

Either side of Teena

#3,767 Kaylah · 5,273#3,768 Charleen · 5,268#3,770 Mama · 5,267#3,771 Agatha · 5,264

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Teena, most common first.

#3,746 Tena · 5,339#13,803 Teona · 867#14,548 Teana · 809#21,612 Tenna · 468#47,181 Teina · 139

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