How Many People Are Named Tejas?
An estimated 1,411 people in the United States have the first name Tejas. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Tejas peaked in popularity in 2013 with 77 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tejas 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 Tejas paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,411
About 1 in 242,916 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2013
77 births
Total Registered
1,430
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tejas
Tejas is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 1,430 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Tejas as a male name
Ranked #3,962 in 2024
28 male births in 2024
Peak: 2013 (77 births)
Tejas: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tejas span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 509 babies were registered. While Tejas is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Tejas by Decade
How has Tejas 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.
Tejas by State
Birth registrations for Tejas span all 11 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New Jersey, Texas. The lowest are in New York, Massachusetts, Florida. On average, about 44 Tejass were registered per state.
Tejas + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tejas as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tejas
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tejas: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tejas?
We estimate approximately 1,411 people named Tejas 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 242,916 Americans share this first name.
Is Tejas a common name?
Tejas is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,430 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tejas most popular?
Tejas reached peak popularity in 2013, when 77 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tejas is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tejas a male name?
Tejas is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tejas Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tejas Smith, Tejas Johnson, Tejas 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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