Tej

Tej was the #6,446 boys' name in the US in 2025 (13 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Tej as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tej as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Tej as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#6,446 (13)#2,664 (8)#2,789 (6)
2024#6,199 (14)#5,120 (3)#2,710 (6)
2023#5,255 (18)#4,108 (4)—
2022#4,701 (21)#3,049 (6)—
2021#4,628 (21)#2,301 (9)—
2020#4,698 (20)#2,960 (6)#2,431 (6)
2019#5,340 (17)#4,702 (3)—
2018#4,918 (19)#3,011 (6)—
2017#3,993 (26)#2,734 (7)#2,439 (6)
2016#4,098 (25)#2,175 (10)#2,182 (7)
2015#3,982 (26)#3,373 (5)#2,715 (5)
2014#3,787 (27)#2,248 (9)—
2013#4,064 (24)#2,660 (7)#2,606 (5)
2012#3,807 (27)#3,039 (6)#2,368 (6)
2011#3,306 (33)#2,613 (7)#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #3,306.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1983.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 130,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Tej is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 140,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 120,000 to 1 in 170,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TejCanadaBoys#2,7896
TejEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
TejNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TejUSBoys#6,44613