Telesia — #15586 US girls' name
111 babies named Telesia in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Telesia was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Telesia in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Telesia
The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Telesia between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Telesia currently holds the #15586 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Telesia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Telesia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Telesia 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 111 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.
Telesia at a glance
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Current rank
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Telesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1960
- Peak year (1961)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
Currently ranks #15586 among girls.
111 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 8 births in a single year.
Telesia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 25 births that decade — 23% of Telesia's all-time total
Telesia decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Telesia's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% 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, 1960–2024 (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.