Temeka
Last seen for girls in 1997 at #13,724 · Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,772
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 126 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,414since 1968
Temeka over time
Rank among girls' names. Temeka has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
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| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,021 | 53 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,726 | 63 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,751 | 61 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,417 | 86 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,294 | 98 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,299 | 98 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,161 | 114 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,104 | 118 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #1,027 | 130 | — | |
| 1976 | #999 | 126 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,064 | 111 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,369 | 75 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Temeka! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1994–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Temeka is popular in 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#289 · 1 in 1,381
- South Carolina#354 · 1 in 2,113
- Alabama#412 · 1 in 2,688
- Georgia#481 · 1 in 3,431
- Florida#519 · 1 in 3,725
Best ever in a state: #223 in Mississippi, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #289 | 11 | 1 in 1,381 |
| South Carolina | #354 | 8 | 1 in 2,113 |
| Alabama | #412 | 8 | 1 in 2,688 |
| Georgia | #481 | 9 | 1 in 3,431 |
| Florida | #519 | 11 | 1 in 3,725 |
| Tennessee | #562 | 5 | 1 in 5,235 |
| North Carolina | #591 | 6 | 1 in 5,331 |
| Michigan | #916 | 5 | 1 in 10,881 |
| Ohio | #979 | 5 | 1 in 13,472 |
| Texas | #983 | 10 | 1 in 9,670 |
| Illinois | #1,070 | 6 | 1 in 11,653 |
| California | #1,353 | 9 | 1 in 15,985 |
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See more about Temeka
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
- Biggest jump: 65 spots in 1976 (#1,064 → #999)
- Biggest drop: 28 spots in 1977 (#999 → #1,027)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1976 at #999 (126 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1976
- Highest: 1 in 11,628 girls born in 1976 were named Temeka (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 348,142 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
- 54.6% of all girls named Temeka (772) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 23 | #3,199 (1969) | #5,108 |
| 1970s | 772 | #999 (1976) | #2,002 |
| 1980s | 558 | #1,294 (1981) | #2,445 |
| 1990s | 61 | #5,060 (1990) | #9,153 |
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.
Temeka in 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 11,628 of them was named Temeka, which outranked 90.8% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #992Richard128
- #997Alesha127
- #997Shandra127
- #999Temeka126
- #999Adria126
- #999Danyel126
- #999Jeremy126
- #1,005Keesha125
- #1,005Minerva125
- #1,005Polly125
Tied with 5 names at #999; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.