Girls' name · since 2017
Tehlani
Tehlani has 64 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,208 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,804 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 64
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tehlani is the #10804 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 64 recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tehlani has been recorded 64 times among girls since 2017, currently ranked #10804 nationally and more common than 38% 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 2017 to 2025.
- #32,208 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,804 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 64 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tehlani ranks #32,208 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,804 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 64 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #32,208 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,804 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 64
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tehlani's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tehlani compares
64 19th 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
Tehlani's all-time total is 83% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tehlani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 64 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tehlani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tehlani splits its recorded history at 2021: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tehlani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Tehlani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (47 births, 73% of the file).
2020s was Tehlani's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Tehlani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 47 births (73% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tehlani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2017–2025 (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 Tehlani 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.