Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Temeka

#5,589 most common girls' name of all time · #9,475 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1968–1997

Rank among girls
#5,589
Rank overall
#9,475 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
28 of 146
All-time
1,419
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1977 #1,029
Best rank
#1,004 1976
Girls Boys peak 130/yr
1980

Temeka first appears in 1968. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1997 5 5 #14,300
1994 5 5 #14,018
1993 10 10 #8,312
1992 10 10 #8,330
1991 13 13 #6,759
1990 18 18 #5,181
1989 23 23 #4,191
1988 21 21 #4,262
1987 23 23 #3,817
1986 32 32 #2,952
1985 53 53 #2,038
1984 63 63 #1,747
1983 61 61 #1,764
1982 86 86 #1,427
1981 98 98 #1,303
1980 98 98 #1,306
1979 114 114 #1,167
1978 118 5 123 #1,114
1977 130 130 #1,029
1976 126 126 #1,004
1975 111 111 #1,065
1974 75 75 #1,385
1973 41 41 #2,016
1972 32 32 #2,353
1971 15 15 #4,114
1970 10 10 #5,388
1969 18 18 #3,317
1968 5 5 #8,167