Girls' name · since 1956
Teila
Teila has 310 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,639 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 310
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
Teila sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 310 recorded since 1956.
Teila has 310 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2006.
- #15,639 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 310 born since 1956
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teila ranks #15,639 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 310 born since 1956, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,639 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 310
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
Teila's 310 recorded births place it above 78.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Teila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Teila's full recorded timeline at 1989, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1956, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 41 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Teila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2006
- Peak year (1985)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Teila by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (141 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Teila's strongest decade.
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Teila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 20
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
141 births
- 1990s
1990s
90 births
- 2000s 38
2000s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 141 births (45% of all-time use).
Teila by state
Where Teila concentrates geographically, total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 3.9% |
12 of 310 births nationwide.
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What to do with Teila's data
- Teila's decade-level peak was the 1980s (141 total births); usage has since declined to 38 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Teilas (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Teila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1956–2006 (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 Teila 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.