Girls' name · since 1921
Telia
Telia has 709 recorded births since 1921 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,443 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,023 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 709
- born since 1921
- 1980s
- peak decade
709 babies have been named Telia since 1921, making it today's #11023 girls' name.
Telia has 709 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11023 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 2025.
- #9,443 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,023 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 709 born since 1921
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Telia ranks #9,443 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,023 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 709 born since 1921, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,443 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,023 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 709
- born since 1921
- 1980s
- peak decade
Telia's 709 recorded births place it above 86.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Telia compares
709 Top 38% higher than 62% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Telia's all-time total is 89% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Telia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 709 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Telia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Telia's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1930, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 34, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Telia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2025
- Peak year (1984)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Telia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (173 births, 24% of the file).
1980s was Telia's strongest decade.
173 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Telia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 44
1960s
44 births
- 1970s
1970s
74 births
- 1980s
1980s
173 births
- 1990s
1990s
138 births
- 2000s
2000s
139 births
- 2010s
2010s
91 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 173 births (24% of all-time use).
How Telia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Telia's total volume
Telia by state
Where Telia concentrates geographically, total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
5 of 709 births nationwide.
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What to do with Telia's data
- Telia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (173 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Telias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
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 Telia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~104 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, 1921–2025 (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 Telia 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.