Girls' name · since 1996
Tehillah
225 babies named Tehillah in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,641 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,332 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tehillah is the #5332 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 225 recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tehillah has been recorded 225 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #5332 nationally and more common than 69% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #18,641 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,332 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 225 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tehillah ranks #18,641 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,332 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 225 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,641 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,332 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tehillah's 225 recorded births place it above 74.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Tehillah compares
225 39th 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
Tehillah's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tehillah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 225 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tehillah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tehillah splits its recorded history at 2015: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tehillah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Tehillah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (100 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Tehillah's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Tehillah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 32
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s
2020s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 100 births (44% of all-time use).
Tehillah by state
Where Tehillah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
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- Texas records the most Tehillahs (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Tehillah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Tehillah 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.