Telah — girls' name
33 babies named Telah in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Telah was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Telah in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Telah
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Telah between 1976 and 2007, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Telah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Telah performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Telah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Telah 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 33 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.
Telah at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Telah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1976
- Peak year (1984)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
33 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 8 births in a single year.
Telah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 13 births that decade — 39% of Telah's all-time total
Telah decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Telah's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.