Teal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TEEL
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Teal is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “teal duck, blue-green”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Teal mean?
English: English word
“teal duck, blue-green”
From the small freshwater duck, whose wing markings gave their name to the blue-green colour.
Is Teal a girl's or a boy's name?
Teal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Teal in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Teal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Teal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 2 | #5,472 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Teal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Teal, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957. 13 boys were also named Teal in 2025 (6,442nd for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Teal than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Teal in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2022, 75% of the babies named Teal in the US were girls.
Teal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 66 | #2,074 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,412 |
| 1992 | 56 | #2,313 |
| 1991 | 64 | #2,086 |
| 1990 | 57 | #2,229 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,299 |
| 1988 | 54 | #2,126 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 46 | #2,227 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,996 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,657 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,049 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,863 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,462 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,195 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,116 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
Names like Teal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Quinn, Keira, Kiara, Brooke, Cassidy, Teagan, Bree, Caoimhe, Maeve, Ocean, Aoibheann
Names related to Teal
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Teal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/teal, updated 20 October 2026.