Teara
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 73 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,260since 1968
Teara over time
Rank among girls' names. Teara has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
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| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 |
| 1999 | #2,896 | 46 |
| 1998 | #3,068 | 41 |
| 1997 | #2,556 | 50 |
| 1996 | #2,591 | 48 |
| 1995 | #2,486 | 51 |
| 1994 | #2,167 | 62 |
| 1993 | #2,289 | 56 |
| 1992 | #2,078 | 65 |
| 1991 | #2,014 | 68 |
| 1990 | #1,905 | 73 |
| 1989 | #2,408 | 48 |
| 1988 | #2,216 | 51 |
| 1987 | #2,276 | 47 |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 |
| 1985 | #2,657 | 36 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
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| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Teara! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1968–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Teara is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#785 · 1 in 7,557
- Michigan#1,001 · 1 in 10,412
- Ohio#1,142 · 1 in 14,179
- Illinois#1,245 · 1 in 13,085
- New York#1,974 · 1 in 24,411
Best ever in a state: #447 in Wisconsin, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #785 | 5 | 1 in 7,557 |
| Michigan | #1,001 | 6 | 1 in 10,412 |
| Ohio | #1,142 | 5 | 1 in 14,179 |
| Illinois | #1,245 | 6 | 1 in 13,085 |
| New York | #1,974 | 5 | 1 in 24,411 |
| California | #3,197 | 5 | 1 in 52,488 |
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See more about Teara
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1990 at #1,905 (73 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,007 girls born in 1990 were named Teara (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 44.4% of all girls named Teara (560) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 5 | #7,016 (1968) | #7,016 |
| 1970s | 116 | #4,079 (1978) | #5,483 |
| 1980s | 320 | #2,216 (1988) | #3,552 |
| 1990s | 560 | #1,905 (1990) | #2,405 |
| 2000s | 227 | #3,549 (2001) | #6,143 |
| 2010s | 32 | #10,429 (2012) | #12,662 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Teara in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
More about 1990
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1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 26,007 of them was named Teara, which outranked 87.5% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,892Sharla74
- #1,892Shavonne74
- #1,892Sue74
- #1,905Teara73
- #1,905America73
- #1,905Annabelle73
- #1,905Bessie73
- #1,923Addison72
- #1,923Andreana72
- #1,923Apryl72
Tied with 17 names at #1,905; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.