Teneka

Girl · recorded 1969–1994

  • 1994last recorded
  • 1977best year

Most popular in 1977.

Last recorded in 1994. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Teneka.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1969

0204019691975198219881994

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 25 recorded years as a table
Teneka, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19694
19714
19728
197317
197413
197516
197616
197740
197821
197923
198022
198119
198214
198317
198415
198512
198610
19874
19883
19899
19906
19916
19923
19936
19946

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Teneka isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1994
11
Rank in 1994
#7,604
How rare
1 in 162,341 girls
Since 1969
509

Teneka was last recorded in 1994. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1977, at 40 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Teneka doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.