girl's name

Teja

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 1,021

Northern Ireland

#500

2015 births

Teja is a girl's name. In 2016 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2002, when 84 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1978.

Teja over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years.

338
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Teja by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 7
1980s 32
1990s 222
2000s 338
2010s (to 2016) 45

How popular is Teja?

In 2016, Teja was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Teja is used

Northern Ireland #500 3 in 2015
Ireland #984 3 in 2020
Canada #3,799 5 in 2022
England & Wales #4,653 5 in 2024
United States #17,895 5 in 2016

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 Teja

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

Parents who like Teja also like

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

Sibling names for Teja

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

Common questions about Teja

How popular is the name Teja?

In 2016, Teja was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Teja is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Teja most popular?

Teja peaked in 2002, when 84 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.