Tecla
Tecla is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:Tecla Insolia, Italian actress and singer Tecla Marinescu, Romanian sprint canoer Tecla Namachanja Wanjala, Kenyan peace activist Tecla Pettenuzzo, Italian footballer Tecla San Andres Ziga (1906–1992), Filipina senator Tecla Scarano (1894–1978), Italian actress and singer Tecla Tofano (1927–1995), Venezuelan artist Tecla Tum,…
- Italian
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Tecla
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tecla is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:Tecla Insolia, Italian actress and singer Tecla Marinescu, Romanian sprint canoer Tecla Namachanja Wanjala, Kenyan peace activist Tecla Pettenuzzo, Italian footballer Tecla San Andres Ziga (1906–1992), Filipina senator Tecla Scarano (1894–1978), Italian actress and singer Tecla Tofano (1927–1995), Venezuelan artist Tecla Tum,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Spanish
The Story of Tecla
The earliest SSA record of Tecla as a baby girl name dates back to 1907, when 5 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Tecla — #2,658 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Tecla on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Tecla last appeared in the published SSA data in 1970, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 135 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tecla
Tecla is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1907 and has accumulated 135 births in the dataset. Tecla's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #2,658. Use the chart and map above to compare Tecla'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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