Tesla
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #8,055 · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #9,554
Given to girls 96.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 145 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,589since 1985
Tesla over time
Rank among girls' names. Tesla has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,141 | 50 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #2,400 | 74 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #1,915 | 104 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #1,614 | 134 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #1,425 | 162 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #1,399 | 167 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #1,804 | 113 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #1,587 | 135 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #1,955 | 100 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #2,555 | 70 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #2,906 | 59 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #4,006 | 39 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,093 | 34 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,730 | 35 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,591 | 36 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,567 | 55 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,570 | 53 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,864 | 79 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,780 | 83 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,588 | 95 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,583 | 96 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,471 | 108 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,202 | 145 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,343 | 122 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,456 | 107 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
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| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tesla! It came in at #10,677, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1985–1986, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tesla is popular in 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#1,400 · 1 in 9,670
Best ever in a state: #249 in West Virginia, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #1,400 | 5 | 1 in 9,670 |
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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 Tesla
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 1992 at #1,202 (145 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,689 girls born in 2015 were named Tesla (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,429 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,202 in 1992, was only 1 in 12,717 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 43.2% of all girls named Tesla (1,118) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 60 | #3,673 (1989) | #6,550 |
| 1990s | 943 | #1,202 (1992) | #1,742 |
| 2000s | 357 | #2,852 (2009) | #4,078 |
| 2010s | 1,118 | #1,399 (2015) | #1,956 |
| 2020s | 111 | #3,141 (2020) | #5,508 |
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.
Tesla in 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
girls
1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 32,331 of them was named Tesla, which outranked 82.1% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,091Yadira51
- #3,091Zayah51
- #3,091Zenaida51
- #3,141Tesla50
- #3,141Adaly50
- #3,141Adelyne50
- #3,141Alizay50
- #3,179Adamaris49
- #3,179Aiden49
- #3,179Aly49
Tied with 37 names at #3,141; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 246,582 of them was named Tesla, which outranked 32.0% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,739Zyeire8
- #8,739Zyhaire8
- #8,739Zylar8
- #9,554Tesla7
- #9,554Aadav7
- #9,554Aahir7
- #9,554Aalim7
- #10,605Aakil6
- #10,605Aamil6
- #10,605Aaran6
Tied with 1,050 names at #9,554; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.