Girls' name · since 1989
Teliah
Teliah has 84 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
84 girls have been named Teliah since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teliah has been recorded 84 times among girls since 1989, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2023.
- #29,168 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 84 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teliah ranks #29,168 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #29,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Teliah's 84 recorded births place it above 59.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Teliah splits its recorded history at 2005: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Teliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2023
- Peak year (2014)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Teliah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (25 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Teliah's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Teliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 25 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Teliah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Teliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1989–2023 (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 Teliah 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.