Telesfor — boys' name
28 babies named Telesfor in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
82% of everyone ever named Telesfor was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Telesfor in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Telesfor
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Telesfor between 1920 and 1934, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Telesfor currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1934. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Telesfor performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Telesfor shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Mexico, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Telesfor in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Telesfor 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 28 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.
Telesfor at a glance
Last recorded 1934Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Telesfor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1920
- Peak year (1921)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1934.
28 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 7 births in a single year.
Telesfor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 23 births that decade — 82% of Telesfor's all-time total
Telesfor decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Telesfor's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 82% of all-time use.
Telesfor by state
Where Telesfor concentrates geographically — total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Mexico | | 10 | 35.7% |
10 of 28 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Mexico 35.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Mexico accounts for 35.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1920–1934 (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.