Tea
Tea was the 10042nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 749th with 290 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,060 places. More babies were named Tea in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,042 girls, down 3,432 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1998290 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,493babies recorded
Tea popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,042 | 10 |
| 2020 | #6,610 | 18 |
| 2010 | #2,725 | 66 |
| 2000 | #1,687 | 105 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | #11,994 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tea, counting every spelling?
Tea is the most common spelling of a name family that had 10 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 10 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tea | 10 | #10,042 | 89 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Tea?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tea (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tea born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tea.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tea?
About 2,500 people born in the US named Tea are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 18 and 28. That makes Tea mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Tea by state
How common Tea was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tea: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tea, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tea
How popular is the name Tea?
Tea was the 10042nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 749th with 290 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,060 places. More babies were named Tea in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Tea a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tea in the US.
Where is Tea most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tea was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).