Tela
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #10,545 · Last seen for boys in 1997 at #7,281
Given to girls 99.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 693since 1894
Tela over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Tela has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,253 | 45 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,730 | 33 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
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| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
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| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1894
The first year at least five girls were named Tela! It came in at #1,485, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1946, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1894 at #1,485 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 38,241
- Highest: 1 in 38,241 girls born in 1985 were named Tela (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,008 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,485 in 1894, was only 1 in 44,584 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 28.1% of all girls named Tela (195) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,485 (1894) | #1,485 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 0 | — | — |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 12 | #4,651 (1948) | #4,708 |
| 1950s | 22 | #5,377 (1957) | #5,681 |
| 1960s | 84 | #3,879 (1964) | #5,019 |
| 1970s | 82 | #4,038 (1970) | #5,664 |
| 1980s | 195 | #2,253 (1985) | #5,051 |
| 1990s | 161 | #4,239 (1997) | #6,466 |
| 2000s | 98 | #6,619 (2001) | #9,905 |
| 2010s | 34 | #10,545 (2018) | #13,737 |
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.
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