Tejon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- teh-HOHN
- Origin
- Spanish
Tejon is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “badger”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tejon mean?
Spanish: Spanish tejon 'badger'
“badger”
The Spanish word for badger, as in Tejon Pass in California.
Is Tejon a girl's or a boy's name?
Tejon is a boys' name.
How popular is Tejon in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Tejon in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tejon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Tejon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jackson, Trevon, Simon, Mason, Jaylen, Dawson, Talon, Ashton, Peyton, Hudson, Carson, Boston
Names related to Tejon
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
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, “Tejon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tejon, updated 20 October 2026.