Girls' name · since 1880
Tella
Tella has 54 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,211 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Tella sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 54 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Tella recorded 54 times among girls since 1880, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1989.
- #34,211 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tella ranks #34,211 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #34,211 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Tella's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tella splits its recorded history at 1922: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Tella by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (18 births, 33% of the file).
1920s was Tella's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Tella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
10 births
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
18 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 18 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Tella's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 1980s (16) -- 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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Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1880–1989 (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 Tella 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.