Tea is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “gift of God”, short form of names such as Dorotea or Teodora. Its usual source names, Dorothea and Theodora, both come from Greek words meaning 'gift of God'.

Tea

Gender: Girl
Say it: TAY-a
Origin: Greek
US rank, 2025: #9,454 for girls

Tea is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).

What does Tea mean?

Greek: short form of names such as Dorotea or Teodora

“gift of God”

Its usual source names, Dorothea and Theodora, both come from Greek words meaning 'gift of God'.

Is Tea a girl's or a boy's name?

Tea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tea in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 31 girls.

Half of all the girls named Tea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 31 in 20012021

Tea in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2021	4	#4,864
2020	0	–
2019	4	#4,904
2018	5	#4,204
2017	5	#4,250
2016	0	–
2015	4	#4,951
2014	5	#4,187
2013	4	#4,953
2012	1	#7,881
2011	1	#7,717
2010	10	#2,540
2009	11	#2,298
2008	11	#2,286
2007	9	#2,543
2006	10	#2,263
2005	10	#2,206
2004	18	#1,342
2003	21	#1,156
2002	18	#1,225
2001	31	#832
2000	15	#1,348
1999	15	#1,347
1998	12	#1,585
1997	5	#2,896
1996	4	#3,289

How popular is Tea in the US?

Rank in 2025: 9,454th among girls
Babies in 2025: 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
Five-year trend: Falling down 28% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Tea, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1998, with 290 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Tea than any year since 1995.

Half of all the girls named Tea in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 132 girls in the US were given Tea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,393, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.

Taya 76
Teya 22
Tea 10
Tayah 10
Teia 9
Teyah 5

1976Busiest: 290 in 19982025

Tea in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	10	#9,454
2024	15	#7,247
2023	18	#6,404
2022	26	#5,025
2021	20	#5,951
2020	18	#6,321
2019	20	#5,982
2018	22	#5,615
2017	26	#5,043
2016	29	#4,733
2015	38	#3,914
2014	31	#4,542
2013	45	#3,463
2012	53	#3,133
2011	73	#2,482
2010	66	#2,691
2009	77	#2,464
2008	94	#2,137
2007	83	#2,311
2006	117	#1,771
2005	114	#1,730
2004	93	#1,987
2003	140	#1,415
2002	199	#1,067
2001	138	#1,377
2000	105	#1,671
1999	167	#1,162
1998	290	#747
1997	261	#795
1996	33	#3,424
1995	10	#8,074
1994	10	#8,116
1993	19	#4,992
1992	8	#9,483
1991	0	–
1990	0	–
1989	0	–
1988	0	–
1987	0	–
1986	0	–
1985	0	–
1984	0	–
1983	0	–
1982	7	#8,222
1981	7	#8,126
1980	5	#10,390
1979	0	–
1978	0	–
1977	0	–
1976	6	#8,154

Names like Tea

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Keira, Chloe, Eilidh, Ffion, Niamh, Caoimhe, Kiara, Caitlin, Zoe, Eden, Teagan, Thea

Other spellings of Tea

Taya, Teya, Tayah, Teia, Teyah

Names related to Tea

Teah

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Iris, Maisie

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Tea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tea, updated 20 October 2026.