Girls' name · since 1960
Telena
Since 1960, U.S. Social Security records show 304 babies named Telena, peaking in 1969. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 304
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Telena is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 304 have been recorded since 1960.
Telena has 304 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2008.
- #15,803 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 304 born since 1960
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Telena ranks #15,803 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 304 born since 1960, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 304
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Telena's 304 recorded births place it above 78.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Telena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Telena's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1969 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Telena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2008
- Peak year (1969)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Telena by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (91 births, 30% of the file).
1970s was Telena's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Telena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
77 births
- 1970s
1970s
91 births
- 1980s
1980s
70 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 91 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Telena's decade-level peak was the 1970s (91 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Telena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1960–2008 (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 Telena 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.