Teona vs Teonna
American parents have registered 1,141 Teonnas since 1880, against 974 Teonas. But in 2025 it was Teona that was commoner, 7 babies to 5.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Teona Teonna
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 56 years in which either name was published, Teonna for 29 years and Teona for 27 years. The lead changed hands 19 times.
- 1973–1987 Teona ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1988–2014 Teonna ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 2017–2025 Teona ahead
14 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Teona | Teonna | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 974 | 1,141 |
| Most in one year | 39 | 55 |
| Babies in 2025 | 7 | 5 |
| Estimated living today | 960 | 1,100 |
| Median age today | 28 | 26 |
| Peak year | 1999 | 1996 |
| Best rank | 3,245th girls | 2,372nd girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 11,932nd | 14,942nd |
| First recorded | 1971 | 1970 |
| Girls / boys | 974 / 0 | 1,141 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Teonas alive today are over 28; half the Teonnas are over 26. That is 2 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Teona and Teonna.