girl's name

Teena

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 5,752

Teena is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2014 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1956, when 322 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1928.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Teena over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2014, not a full ten years.

1,787
'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Teena by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 5
1930s 20
1940s 368
1950s 1,787
1960s 1,758
1970s 800
1980s 732
1990s 201
2000s 58
2010s (to 2014) 17

How popular is Teena?

In 2014, Teena was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Teena is used

Canada #2,355 6 in 1991
United States #16,205 6 in 2014

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Teena

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Teena also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Teena over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Teena

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Teena — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Teena

How popular is the name Teena?

In 2014, Teena was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Teena a girl's or a boy's name?

Teena is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Teena?

Teena has 2 syllables.

When was Teena most popular?

Teena peaked in 1956, when 322 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.