How many Tekoas are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Tekoa are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Tekoa in 2025?

Tekoa ranks #3583 among US boy names in 2025, with 31 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Tekoa?

About 1 in every 55,099 US boys born in 2025 was named Tekoa — 31 in all.

Will my child share the name Tekoa with classmates?

Tekoa will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Tekoa

Masculine

Tekoa is given to both — 192 boys and 150 girls since 1880. See other names given to both

#3583 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare31 boys in 2025

Tekoa entered the US charts in 2002 and is at its record high, #3583 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Tekoa?

Tekoa first appears in US birth records in 2002 — 23 years ago. The typical Tekoa is a kid of about 4 — this name's wave is very recent. About 200 people named Tekoa are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Tekoa most popular?

Tekoa peaked in 2025, reaching #3583 nationally. Today it ranks #3583, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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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: 2002
Most boys named: 202531 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #3583reached in 2025
Change vs 2024: +72.2%31 in 2025, from 18

Tekoa sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 31 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Tekoa in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: California.

Tekoas among us

200

people named Tekoa are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 55,099 born in 2025 was named Tekoa

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

The Destyn test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tekoa's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Destyn climbed just as high around 1999, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Destyn's path sketches the road Tekoa is walking now.

40%chance Tekoa will feel “very 2020s” by 2040

Tekoa, aligned on its peakDestyn· peak 1999not yet written

Tekoa today is about where Destyn stood in 1999 — in its own peak year. By 2014, Destyn had settled around #6047.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Tekoa sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Tekoa is headed

Tekoa is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 87% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Rising+87% by 2030projected around #2,480 in 2030

Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Tekoa beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Tekoa in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Tekoathis name31#3583Geoffrey31#3583Robinson31#3583Kimani31#3583Emre31#3583

US boys given each name in 2025.

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How many Tekoas are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Tekoa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Tekoa in 2025?: Tekoa ranks #3583 among US boy names in 2025, with 31 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Tekoa?: About 1 in every 55,099 US boys born in 2025 was named Tekoa — 31 in all.
Will my child share the name Tekoa with classmates?: Tekoa will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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