girls:
1.6k births since 1957
#4182 (27th percentile)
boys:
277 births since 1965
#4309 (6th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1957
#5907 (24th percentile)
The name Teal is the #5,907 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,849 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 23.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,182 (26.8% percentile) for all time with 1,572 births since 1957. For boys, it ranks #4,309 (6.0% percentile) for all time with 277 births since 1965.
Teal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for girls and 1965 for boys).
The name Teal has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 65.5% of babies named Teal were girls.
For girls, Teal reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 7.2% percentile (ranked #784) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 34 births per million (ranked 7.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Teal ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 32.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Teal reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #902) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Teal ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 63.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Teal".
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