Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Teia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Teia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,056
- 0 boys · 1,056 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,834 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,834 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 49 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 871 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Teia’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Teia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
Tia
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>99% girls
Tomi
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6% boys · 94% girls
Talitha
“a maiden; young girl”
>99% girls
Tanya
“queen of the fairies”
>99% girls
Evelia
“giver of life; a lively woman”
>99% girls
Starla
“a celestial body” · “a celestial body; as bright as a star”
>99% girls
Trisha
“of noble descent”
>99% girls