Fun Facts About the Name Teya
- More than 1 thousand babies named Teya: U.S. records list 1,312 babies given the name Teya from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Teya Mean?
Teya is a feminine given name that comes from more than one unrelated source, so its meaning depends on which tradition a particular bearer's name belongs to. In Slovene and Croatian use, Teya is a spelling of Teja, a short form of Teodora or Doroteja. Both of those names go back to Greek: Dorothea joins doron ("gift") with theos ("god"), and Theodora joins the same two elements in the opposite order. The customary meaning of both is "gift of God."
In English-speaking countries, the spelling Teya is more often a phonetic variant of a short name pronounced the same way, such as Tia, Taya, or Thea. Those names have separate histories: Thea is a Greek name meaning "goddess" or "divine," while Tia and Taya are usually short forms or independent coinages. The written form Teya by itself does not show which of these is intended.
Teya Name History & Origins
In Slovene and Croatian use, Teja - also written Teya - works as a pet form of Teodora and Doroteja, and it is also used on its own. Short, vowel-final names of this shape are common in the region, and the name appears in that role alongside forms such as Tea.
The English spelling Teya is one of several ways of writing a short name pronounced the same way, alongside Tia and Taya. Because the name is short and its spelling has never been fixed, different families may intend different sources - Teodora, Thea, or simply the sound itself.
How Popular is the Name Teya?
Teya has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1998. Its best rank was #1,976 in 1998.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,701 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2024 | #4,750 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2023 | #6,647 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #4,572 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2021 | #5,382 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2020 | #7,920 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #7,684 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #5,133 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2017 | #6,509 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #5,968 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #6,218 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2014 | #6,188 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #6,235 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #7,769 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #5,529 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2010 | #4,295 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2009 | #4,098 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2008 | #4,262 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2007 | #3,780 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 2006 | #3,364 | 49 | 0.0026% |
| 2005 | #3,003 | 54 | 0.0029% |
| 2004 | #3,326 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 2003 | #2,922 | 53 | 0.0029% |
| 2002 | #3,096 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2001 | #3,087 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2000 | #3,330 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1999 | #2,698 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 1998 | #1,976 | 77 | 0.0044% |
| 1997 | #2,588 | 50 | 0.0029% |
| 1996 | #4,571 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1995 | #5,427 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1994 | #7,065 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #6,593 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #6,290 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1991 | #5,645 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1990 | #5,533 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1989 | #7,413 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #13,734 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #7,710 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #5,059 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1984 | #6,754 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #5,797 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1982 | #4,332 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #6,774 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #3,717 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1979 | #4,615 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1978 | #9,646 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #6,308 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #8,078 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #6,437 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1974 | #6,832 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #6,038 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1972 | #6,509 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #8,245 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #7,528 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #5,322 | 7 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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