How Many People Are Named Tea?
An estimated 2,438 people in the United States have the first name Tea. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Tea peaked in popularity in 1998 with 290 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tea as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tea paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,438
About 1 in 140,588 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
1998
290 births
Total Registered
2,483
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tea
Tea is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,483 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tea as a female name
Ranked #7,534 in 2024
15 female births in 2024
Peak: 1998 (290 births)
Tea: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tea span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 1,160 babies were registered. Tea has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tea by Decade
How has Tea tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tea by State
Birth registrations for Tea span all 33 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Texas. The lowest are in Mississippi, Maryland, Idaho. On average, about 39 Teas were registered per state.
Tea + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tea as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tea
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tea: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tea?
We estimate approximately 2,438 people named Tea are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 140,588 Americans share this first name.
Is Tea a common name?
Tea is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,483 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tea most popular?
Tea reached peak popularity in 1998, when 290 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tea is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tea a female name?
Tea is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tea Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tea Smith, Tea Johnson, Tea Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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