Telitha — girls' name
207 babies named Telitha in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Telitha was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Telitha in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Telitha
The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Telitha between 1884 and 1989, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Telitha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Telitha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Telitha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Telitha 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 207 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.
Telitha at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Telitha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1884
- Peak year (1981)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
207 total births across 106 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 12 births in a single year.
Telitha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 54 births that decade — 26% of Telitha's all-time total
Telitha decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Telitha's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% 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, 1884–1989 (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.