How Many People Are Named Tekla?
people named Tekla are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,604,623 people in the US has this name
Based on 461 babies named Tekla in Social Security records from 1889 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
16 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Georgian and Hungarian form of THEKLA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Tekla in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tekla alive today is about 46 years old, and 37% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tekla first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1916, to 16 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Tekla has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,131, in 1889.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,131 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,319 in the 1910s |
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