Tel — #9231 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Tel

The Social Security Administration has registered 194 babies named Tel between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tel currently holds the #9231 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tel 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 194 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.