Teal
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
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
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.
- Brittapeak 1986
- Mairapeak 1992
- Codipeak 1992
- Rikkipeak 1994
- Cassandrapeak 1990
- Callypeak 1990
- Kandacepeak 1988
- Laurinpeak 1990
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.