Telesforo — boys' name
251 babies named Telesforo in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1933. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Telesforo was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Telesforo in 1933 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Telesforo
The Social Security Administration has registered 251 babies named Telesforo between 1914 and 1997, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Telesforo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1933, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Telesforo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Telesforo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 83 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Telesforo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Telesforo 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 251 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.
Telesforo at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Telesforo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1914
- Peak year (1933)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
251 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1933 with 10 births in a single year.
Telesforo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 51 births that decade — 20% of Telesforo's all-time total
Telesforo decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Telesforo's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Telesforo by state
Where Telesforo concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 83 | 33.1% |
83 of 251 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 33.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 33.1% 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, 1914–1997 (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.