Teela
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #11,231
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 175 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 841since 1948
Teela over time
Rank among girls' names. Teela has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 |
| 1988 | #3,165 | 31 |
| 1987 | #2,572 | 39 |
| 1986 | #2,148 | 49 |
| 1985 | #1,037 | 145 |
| 1984 | #867 | 175 |
| 1983 | #3,065 | 27 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | — | |
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
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| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
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| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Teela! It came in at #4,205, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1959, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Teela is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#478 · 1 in 3,631
- Indiana#525 · 1 in 4,863
- Michigan#594 · 1 in 5,726
- Georgia#620 · 1 in 5,299
- Ohio#681 · 1 in 7,677
Best ever in a state: #445 in Alabama, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #478 | 6 | 1 in 3,631 |
| Indiana | #525 | 7 | 1 in 4,863 |
| Michigan | #594 | 10 | 1 in 5,726 |
| Georgia | #620 | 7 | 1 in 5,299 |
| Ohio | #681 | 9 | 1 in 7,677 |
| North Carolina | #749 | 5 | 1 in 7,111 |
| Illinois | #834 | 9 | 1 in 8,110 |
| Florida | #1,060 | 6 | 1 in 10,876 |
| California | #1,230 | 15 | 1 in 13,484 |
| Texas | #1,523 | 7 | 1 in 19,050 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Teela
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 2,198 spots in 1984 (#3,065 → #867)
- Biggest drop: 170 spots in 1985 (#867 → #1,037)
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1984 at #867 (175 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1984
- Highest: 1 in 9,622 girls born in 1984 were named Teela (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 205,016 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 60.5% of all girls named Teela (509) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 7 | #4,205 (1948) | #4,205 |
| 1950s | 5 | #6,103 (1958) | #6,103 |
| 1960s | 42 | #3,920 (1960) | #5,828 |
| 1970s | 58 | #4,141 (1975) | #7,055 |
| 1980s | 509 | #867 (1984) | #4,224 |
| 1990s | 116 | #4,845 (1994) | #7,165 |
| 2000s | 48 | #9,452 (2005) | #12,079 |
| 2010s | 42 | #11,000 (2013) | #15,028 |
| 2020s | 14 | #11,231 (2022) | #12,342 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Teela in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 11,868 of them was named Teela, which outranked 91.7% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,030Madonna146
- #1,030Sarina146
- #1,030Teena146
- #1,037Teela145
- #1,037Liana145
- #1,037Natashia145
- #1,037Sommer145
- #1,042Nicolle144
- #1,042Tanika144
- #1,044Jamila143
Tied with 4 names at #1,037; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.