Teja
Teja is a name with a single cultural origin: Slovene.
- Slovene
Meaning & Origin of Teja
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Teja is a name with a single cultural origin: Slovene.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Slovene
The Story of Teja
As a girl name
American parents first put Teja on the record books as a girl name in 1978, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2002, when 75 Tejas were born — ranking #2,199 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 50% of all recorded Tejas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2016 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 571 Tejas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Teja as a boy name dates back to 1998, when 7 babies received it. 1999 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Teja — #5,034 in the national rankings. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 73% of all recorded Tejas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2009 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 73 Tejas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Teja
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Teja. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Teja
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About the name Teja
Teja is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 571 births in the dataset. Teja's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #2,199. Use the chart and map above to compare Teja'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.