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Girl name

Tereka

100% girls · last recorded 1994

Tereka has been given to about 107 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1985, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 104
Median age today41 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Tereka per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1985 · 12
  • Born in 20250
  • All time107

How popular is Tereka?

Its best year was 1985, when 12 babies were given the name, ranking 6010th. The typical living American called Tereka is about 41 years old today.

Names that sound like Tereka

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Teresa0.81
  2. Teressa0.79
  3. Theresa0.73
  4. Erika0.70
  5. Tameka0.70
  6. Ericka0.67
  7. Terra0.64
  8. Tera0.64

Middle names for Tereka

Ranked by flow score
  1. Tereka Rose0.85
  2. Tereka Louise0.85
  3. Tereka June0.84
  4. Tereka Pearl0.84
  5. Tereka Quinn0.84
  6. Tereka Nell0.84

Sibling names for Tereka

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Amandasister · 0.60
  2. Dustinbrother · 0.59
  3. Laceysister · 0.58
  4. Jessicasister · 0.58
  5. Justinbrother · 0.54
  6. Caseyeither · 0.54

Where Tereka is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Tereka White0.80
    2. Tereka Reyes0.80
    3. Tereka Nguyen0.80
    4. Tereka Moore0.80
    5. Tereka Lee0.80
    6. Tereka Hill0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Tereka

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.