Teena

Where Teena comes from

The dictionaries list Teena as a given name — a female given name, variant of Tina — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1928
    First appearance
    #4,725 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1956
    Teena Marie born
    American R&B and soul singer
  3. 1956
    Peak, #522
    322 babies named Teena — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #790.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Tina.
Namesakes
  • Teena Marie · American R&B and soul singer, 1956–2010

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.