Tekla
Tekla is a Latvian, Polish, Georgian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, and Scandinavian feminine given name.
- Swedish
- Latvian
- Georgian
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Tekla
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tekla is a Latvian, Polish, Georgian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, and Scandinavian feminine given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Latvian
- Georgian
- Hungarian
- Polish
The Story of Tekla
Tekla first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1889, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1916: 16 births, good for #2,028 nationwide. About 22% of every Tekla on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Tekla last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 461 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Tekla
Tekla is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1889 and has accumulated 461 births in the dataset. Tekla's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #2,028. Use the chart and map above to compare Tekla'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.