Tekoa
Boy · teh-KOH-ah · Hebrew
Tekoa is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Tekoa mean?
Hebrew: biblical place name
Tekoa was a town in the hills of Judah, south of Bethlehem, and the home of the prophet Amos.
- Say it
- teh-KOH-ah
Is Tekoa a girl's or a boy's name?
Tekoa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tekoa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 421% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Tekoa, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had the most boys named Tekoa of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Tekoa in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tekoa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
Names like Tekoa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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