Tekoa

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Peak · boys
#3,583
2025 · 31 births
Debut · boys
2002
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
192
since 2002

Tekoa over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #5,214, 1978girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#3,58331
2024—#5,24118
2023—#4,34324
2022—#6,47913
2021—#7,08911
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2019—#12,1455
2018—#8,1549
2017—#8,8408
2016—#8,8168
2015—#9,5687
2014—#7,56210
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2012—#8,8648
2011—#10,8086
2010—#9,6937
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2008#17,5045#12,5535
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2006—#10,6626
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2003#15,7845#10,8945
2002—#9,3926
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First appearance
2002

The first year at least five boys were named Tekoa! It came in at #9,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2003–2005, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Tekoa is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,471 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,095 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Tekoa, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095

Best ever in a state: #2,471 in California, 2025.

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See more about Tekoa
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 1,658 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #3,583)
  • 5,985 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #3,583)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2002
  • Peaked 2025 at #3,583 (31 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 55,099
  • Highest: 1 in 55,099 boys born in 2025 were named Tekoa (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 50.5% of all boys named Tekoa (97) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2010
  • Mostly girls until 2009, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s27#9,392 (2002)#10,971
2010s68#7,562 (2014)#9,383
2020s97#3,583 (2025)#5,347

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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