Tekoa**
#9,008 most common boys' name of all time · #22,758 across all names · 56% boys / 44% girls · used 1972–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#9,008
Rank overall
#22,758 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
342
Since 2016
127
Peak year
2025 #3,613
Best rank
#3,613 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 31/yr
Tekoa first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,613 |
| 2024 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,302 |
| 2023 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,380 |
| 2022 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,569 |
| 2021 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,225 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,549 |
| 2018 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,346 |
| 2017 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,046 |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,837 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,739 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,075 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,168 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,960 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,986 |
| 2007 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,004 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,793 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #11,354 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,737 |
| 2001 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1996 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1994 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1988 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1984 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1983 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1982 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1980 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1979 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1978 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | — |