NameTides

Tejas

Tejas was the #2,884 boys' name in the US in 2025 (43 babies), and #1,613 in England & Wales and #1,127 in Canada.

Tejas as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tejas 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Tejas 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#2,884 (43)#1,613 (16)#1,127 (22)
2024#3,896 (28)#1,322 (20)#1,353 (16)
2023#3,347 (35)#2,814 (7)#1,421 (14)
2022#3,151 (38)#2,756 (7)#1,557 (12)
2021#3,362 (34)#2,493 (8)#1,277 (16)
2020#3,570 (30)#2,404 (8)#967 (23)
2019#3,201 (36)#1,986 (11)#1,101 (19)
2018#2,635 (47)#1,991 (11)#1,572 (11)
2017#3,193 (36)#2,172 (10)#1,194 (17)
2016#2,935 (40)#3,079 (6)#1,159 (18)
2015#2,457 (51)#3,908 (4)#1,204 (16)
2014#2,661 (45)#1,935 (11)#1,311 (14)
2013#1,851 (77)#2,403 (8)#1,109 (18)
2012#2,517 (49)#2,458 (8)#1,403 (13)
2011#2,284 (56)#1,788 (12)#1,003 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #1,851.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 40,000 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 40,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Tejas is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 46,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 32,000 to 1 in 67,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tejas by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,438CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Tejas (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#79414

Tejas (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TejasCanadaBoys#1,12722
TejasEngland & WalesBoys#1,61316
TejasNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TejasUSBoys#2,88443