Tequila
Girl · teh-KEE-lah
Tequila is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tequila mean?
From the Mexican town and spirit of that name
Taken from the Mexican spirit, itself named after the town of Tequila in the state of Jalisco.
- Say it
- teh-KEE-lah
Is Tequila a girl's or a boy's name?
Tequila is a girls' name.
How popular is Tequila in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 128 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the girls named Tequila in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tequila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,967 |
| 1993 | 58 | #2,236 |
| 1992 | 90 | #1,669 |
| 1991 | 83 | #1,734 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,539 |
| 1989 | 127 | #1,241 |
| 1988 | 63 | #1,930 |
| 1987 | 55 | #2,023 |
| 1986 | 76 | #1,571 |
| 1985 | 78 | #1,551 |
| 1984 | 82 | #1,414 |
| 1983 | 84 | #1,400 |
| 1982 | 83 | #1,445 |
| 1981 | 107 | #1,220 |
| 1980 | 95 | #1,328 |
| 1979 | 97 | #1,294 |
| 1978 | 118 | #1,104 |
| 1977 | 128 | #1,034 |
| 1976 | 90 | #1,244 |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,713 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,580 |
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