Tela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tela

The Social Security Administration has registered 693 babies named Tela between 1894 and 2018, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tela performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Tela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Tela in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tela 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 693 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.