Tequilla
Feminine · “From the town of Tequila”
Tequilla doubles a letter that the Spanish does not have, and the drink it names is named after a town — protected by law in the same way that champagne is.
How old is the name Tequilla?
Tequilla first appears in US birth records in 1958 — 67 years ago. The typical Tequilla alive today was born around 1984, making them about 41 years old. About 800 people named Tequilla are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tequilla most popular?
Tequilla peaked in 1978, reaching #1938 nationally. See the whole 1978 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Tequilla
The drink is a denomination of origin: by Mexican law and by international agreement it can only be made in specified areas, from one species of agave, under rules about how the plant is cooked and where the spirit is distilled — exactly the system that protects champagne, cognac and parmesan. The town gave its name to the region, the region to the drink, and the drink to a certain kind of evening. A name taken from the word arrives carrying all of that, which is a lot of cargo for four syllables and is worth knowing about before somebody at a party mentions it.
Meaning
From the town of Tequila
The word is a place name in Jalisco, and the town's own name comes from a local language, with readings about cutting or about a place of work offered and not settled. The doubled l here is an American spelling choice.
Pronouncing Tequilla
tuh-KEE-luh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The doubled l is not audible in English.
Nicknames for Tequilla
Moderate
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
- 1958
- Most girls named
- 198051 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1938reached in 1978
- Change vs 2002
- +20.0%6 in 2005, 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.
Tequillas among us
people named Tequilla 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
Tequilla 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
- It is read correctly on sight by everybody.
- The middle stress carries well.
- It points at a real place with a documented history.
- The drink is the first association for every adult who meets it.
- The doubled letter is not in the Spanish and will be corrected by Spanish speakers.
- The name dates its bearer to a particular stretch of decades.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tequillas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Tequilla are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tequilla in 2025?
- Tequilla is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Tequilla will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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