Girls' name · since 1951
Teletha
86 babies named Teletha in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Teletha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 86 recorded since 1951.
Teletha has 86 recorded births among girls since 1951, 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 1951 to 1982.
- #28,886 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1951
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teletha ranks #28,886 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1951, peaking in the 1970s.
- #28,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Teletha's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teletha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Teletha splits its recorded history at 1967: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1951 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Teletha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1982
- Peak year (1977)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Teletha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (32 births, 37% of the file).
1970s was Teletha's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Teletha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
31 births
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 32 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Teletha's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 1980s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1951–1982 (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 Teletha 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.