Girls' name · since 1967
Telissa
118 babies named Telissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,362 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
118 girls have been named Telissa since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Telissa has been recorded 118 times among girls since 1967, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2004.
- #25,362 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 118 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Telissa ranks #25,362 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 118 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,362 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Telissa's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Telissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Telissa's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1967, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Telissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2004
- Peak year (1990)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Telissa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (38 births, 32% of the file).
1970s was Telissa's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Telissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 38 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Telissa's decade-level peak was the 1970s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Telissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1967–2004 (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 Telissa 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.