Teila — girls' name

What the Data Says About Teila

The Social Security Administration has registered 310 babies named Teila between 1956 and 2006, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Teila performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Teila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Teila in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Teila in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 310 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.