girl's name
Tea
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 1
- Letters 3
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 6,212
Northern Ireland
#398
2000 births
Tea is a girl's name with 1 syllable. In 2025 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 1998, when 290 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 331,565 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1976.
- 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.
Tea over time
Births per decade in France, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 |
| 1990s | 125 |
| 2000s | 950 |
| 2010s | 1,165 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 680 |
How popular is Tea?
In 2025, Tea was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Tea is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Tea is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Téa | Téa is Tea written with an acute accent in France, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #598 in France, against #3,147 for Tea. | 1,555 |
| Tëa | Tëa is a rare spelling of Tea, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Tea
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Tea also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tea over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Tea in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Tia
Sibling names for Tea
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tea — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Tea
How popular is the name Tea?
In 2025, Tea was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Tea a girl's or a boy's name?
Tea is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Tea?
Tea has 1 syllable.
When was Tea most popular?
Tea peaked in 1998, when 290 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Tea a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Tea currently ranks #598 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.