Teal
Teal was the 8308th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 1961, when it ranked 2000th; the most babies were born in 1994 (66). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,668 places. More babies were named Teal in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,308 girls, down 2,246 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 13girls
- Girls and boys
- 63% girls, 37% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199466 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,906babies recorded
Teal popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,308 | #6,760 | 13 | 13 |
| 2020 | #6,062 | #8,657 | 20 | 9 |
| 2010 | #11,174 | #12,049 | 10 | 6 |
| 2000 | #7,991 | — | 13 | — |
| 1990 | #2,256 | #6,351 | 57 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,206 | #4,895 | 27 | 8 |
| 1970 | #5,370 | #3,050 | 10 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,240 | — | 28 | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Teal, counting every spelling?
Teal has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Teal?
13 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Teal (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Teal 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 646 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Teal.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Teal?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Teal are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 26 and 44. That makes Teal mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Teal by state
How common Teal was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Teal
How popular is the name Teal?
Teal was the 8308th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 1961, when it ranked 2000th; the most babies were born in 1994 (66). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,668 places. More babies were named Teal in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Teal a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 63% girls, 37% boys given the name Teal in the US.
Where is Teal most popular?
In 2021–2025, Teal was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.