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Teal

girls’ name · 85%boys’ name · 15%SteadyCompare

Teal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
180.00% of girls
Peak year
199466 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1957
1,880people given the name
Babies named Teal, by year of birthgirlsboys
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,591 girls have been named Teal in the United States since 1957, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 66 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 28%.

Teal is used for both sexes: 15% of its bearers are boys (289), most of them born around 2018.

By decade

Decadegirls named Teal
1950s63
1960s188
1970s116
1980s396
1990s444
2000s108
2010s172
2020s104

In 1994, its biggest year

Teal was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1994 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1994.

Names that rose and fell with Teal

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.