Teala
Feminine
Teala holds the word teal, and teal was a duck before it was a color. The common teal, a small dabbling duck, carries a band of green-blue across its head, and it is that band that gave English its name for the shade.
How old is the name Teala?
Teala first appears in US birth records in 1946 — 79 years ago. The typical Teala alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 500 people named Teala are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Teala most popular?
Teala peaked in 1985, reaching #2398 nationally. See the whole 1985 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Teala
Teala takes a word from the edge of a pond and gives it a girl's ending. The word belonged first to the bird, a small, quick duck of marshes and lakes, and only later to the green-blue of the band across its head. The name keeps the sound, TEE-la, and adds the open a of Leila and Tia, making two light syllables out of one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
As a name, Teala has no recorded meaning. It reads as the word teal with a feminine -a, or as a blend in the family of Tia and Lela; nothing records which, and the duck and the color belong to the word rather than to the name.
Pronouncing Teala
TEE-luh
Two syllables, stressed on the first: the word teal with an a added.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1946
- Most girls named
- 198541 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2398reached in 1985
- Change vs 2012
- 0.0%5 in 2018, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tealas among us
people named Teala are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Teala sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Carries a real word with pleasant associations, a color and a waterbird.
- Short: five letters, two syllables.
- Easy to say once seen.
- Expect Tela, Tila or Tealah on forms; the ea will need mentioning.
- Some will hear it as a color name first. For many families that is part of the appeal.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tealas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Teala are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Teala in 2025?
- Teala is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Teala with classmates?
- Teala will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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