Teneka
Recorded 1969–1994 · United States
Teneka was most popular in 1977, when 61 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,702 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 509 people named Teneka.
Teneka over time
How old is the name Teneka?
Teneka first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1969, which makes it about 56 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 25 of the 57 years since. It was last recorded in 1994.
How many people are named Teneka?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 509 American births named Teneka between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 489 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Teneka in 2025?
Teneka was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Teneka a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Teneka is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 509 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Teneka?
Roughly 489 Americans named Teneka are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 46 years old, and half are between 42 and 49. That is a narrow band: Teneka arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org