Tea
Tea is a given name. It is a feminine name in Indo-European languages and is cognate to the names Theia, Thea and Téa and related to the name Tia. Masculine usage is found in Oceania.
- Croatian
- Slovene
- Finnish
- Georgian
Meaning & Origin of Tea
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tea is a given name. It is a feminine name in Indo-European languages and is cognate to the names Theia, Thea and Téa and related to the name Tia. Masculine usage is found in Oceania.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Croatian
- Slovene
- Finnish
- Georgian
The Story of Tea
The earliest SSA record of Tea as a baby girl name dates back to 1976, when 6 babies received it. 1998 was its biggest year on record, with 290 newborns named Tea — #747 in the national rankings. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 46% of all recorded Teas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #6,710 among baby girl names with 17 births, gradually falling (-12%). In total, more than 3K Teas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Tea
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Tea. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Tea
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About the name Tea
Tea is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Tea's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #747. Use the chart and map above to compare Tea's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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