Girls' name · since 1992
Taela
Taela has 140 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,521 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,621 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 140
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Taela is the #15621 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 140 recorded since 1992.
Social Security Administration records show Taela recorded 140 times among girls since 1992, holding rank #15621 nationally today, ahead of 10% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #23,521 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,621 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 140 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taela ranks #23,521 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,621 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 140 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,521 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,621 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 140
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Taela's 140 recorded births place it above 67.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Taela compares
140 30th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Taela's all-time total is 63% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Taela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 140 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Taela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Taela's full recorded timeline at 2005, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Taela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Taela by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (78 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Taela's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Taela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
78 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 78 births (56% of all-time use).
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What to do with Taela's data
- Taela's decade-level peak was the 2000s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Taela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1992–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Taela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.