Tequila
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 128 births
- Debut · girls
- 20 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,134since 1958
Tequila over time
Rank among girls' names. Tequila 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.
Show data table
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| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
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| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 |
| 1999 | #3,569 | 34 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 |
| 1995 | #3,422 | 32 |
| 1994 | #1,972 | 71 |
| 1993 | #2,241 | 58 |
| 1992 | #1,673 | 90 |
| 1991 | #1,740 | 83 |
| 1990 | #1,543 | 99 |
| 1989 | #1,244 | 127 |
| 1988 | #1,934 | 63 |
| 1987 | #2,024 | 55 |
| 1986 | #1,572 | 76 |
| 1985 | #1,552 | 78 |
| 1984 | #1,414 | 82 |
| 1983 | #1,400 | 84 |
| 1982 | #1,445 | 83 |
| 1981 | #1,220 | 107 |
| 1980 | #1,328 | 95 |
| 1979 | #1,294 | 97 |
| 1978 | #1,104 | 118 |
| 1977 | #1,034 | 128 |
| 1976 | #1,244 | 90 |
| 1975 | #1,713 | 55 |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 |
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| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
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| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
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| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tequila! It came in at #2,581, and was given to 20 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1960–1961, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tequila is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#367 · 1 in 2,189
- Alabama#393 · 1 in 2,556
- Mississippi#398 · 1 in 2,258
- Arkansas#405 · 1 in 2,599
- Florida#413 · 1 in 2,542
Best ever in a state: #289 in Mississippi, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #367 | 15 | 1 in 2,189 |
| Alabama | #393 | 9 | 1 in 2,556 |
| Mississippi | #398 | 7 | 1 in 2,258 |
| Arkansas | #405 | 5 | 1 in 2,599 |
| Florida | #413 | 17 | 1 in 2,542 |
| Louisiana | #464 | 10 | 1 in 2,798 |
| South Carolina | #512 | 5 | 1 in 3,508 |
| Tennessee | #539 | 6 | 1 in 4,674 |
| Ohio | #703 | 9 | 1 in 7,793 |
| Illinois | #792 | 10 | 1 in 7,233 |
| Texas | #1,580 | 5 | 1 in 20,093 |
| California | #1,819 | 6 | 1 in 24,928 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tequila
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1977 at #1,034 (128 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,978 girls born in 1977 were named Tequila (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,404 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 39.8% of all girls named Tequila (850) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 29 | #2,581 (1958) | #3,441 |
| 1960s | 31 | #3,774 (1969) | #5,662 |
| 1970s | 555 | #1,034 (1977) | #1,973 |
| 1980s | 850 | #1,220 (1981) | #1,513 |
| 1990s | 563 | #1,543 (1990) | #2,707 |
| 2000s | 96 | #5,312 (2000) | #10,996 |
| 2010s | 10 | #16,215 (2016) | #16,490 |
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.
Tequila in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
More about 1977
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1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 11,978 of them was named Tequila, which outranked 90.9% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,031Cicely129
- #1,031Esperanza129
- #1,031Rae129
- #1,034Tequila128
- #1,034Aida128
- #1,034Angella128
- #1,034Cherry128
- #1,042Hazel127
- #1,042Kacey127
- #1,042Violet127
Tied with 7 names at #1,034; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.