Names / Boy names
Tejas
Current rank
#2,933
holding steady
All-time peak
#1,860
in 2013
First recorded
1977
in U.S. data
Children named
1,400
since 1977
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,860 in 2013 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(TAY-jus / TEH-jus): Sanskrit, meaning brilliance, radiance, energy. I like this one because it feels modern while being very old. It was first recorded in American naming data in 1977. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 1,400 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.