Teancum
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TEE-an-kum
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Teancum is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Teancum mean?
From the Book of Mormon
A military captain in the Book of Mormon, so used mainly by Latter-day Saint families.
Is Teancum a girl's or a boy's name?
Teancum is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Teancum in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Teancum, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Teancum in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Teancum in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
Names like Teancum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finnegan Kayden Aiden Brayden Declan Ronan Killian Finn Raiden Deacon Tatum Kian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Teancum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/teancum, updated 20 October 2026.